On the Hook: Smith and Westen Mysteries, Book 1

A Picasso disappears en route from Chicago to New Hampshire.While the truck is moving.The multi-million dollar painting is there, then it’s not. It’s gone, but it can’t be.

• Kendra Jean Valentine, underwriting agent for the policy, is on the hook. She scrapes together enough to hire two women to work the case. Two ‘regular’ women no self-respecting insurance agent would look twice at. Which is exactly why KJ thinks they’re perfect.

• Westen Hughes owns a failing pet shop. With creditors phoning daily, she jumps at the chance to earn a bundle of easy money, even though the offer comes from high school nemesis KJ Valentine, who stole everything in high school: head cheerleader, homecoming queen and the star quarterback.

• Phoebe Smith is a snake-loving, underwear-hating, tuba player with more baggage than Logan Airport—Westen’s total opposite in all ways.Ten percent of a hundred million is…Well, it’s a lot so Smith and Westen join forces on a roller coaster ride to find one of the world’s most valuable paintings.