Liar, Liar

Liar, Liar
by K.J. Larsen

Caterina Delucia owns the Pants on Fire Detective Agency. When Cat isn't photographing straying husbands in the arms of their paramours, she's fending off her overbearing mother who thinks that she needs to go into a safer line of work. Cat gets more than she bargains for when she takes Rita Savino's case. Rita hires Cat to find proof that her husband Chance is cheating on her. Cat follows Chance around Chicago but nothing suspicious happens until Chance confronts her and tells Cat that Rita is not his wife. He then walks into a warehouse that promptly explodes. Flying debris hits Cat and just before she passes out she sees Chance escape the fiery conflagration. When Cat awakes in the hospital with a concussion she hears that Chance Savino was killed in the blast. Cat insists that the authorities misidentified the man killed in the explosion. Cat tries to find Rita but she has disappeared. Her investigation puts Cats life in danger and her family of Chicago cops and a few friends with dubious backgrounds come to her rescue. A trio of sisters writing under the pen name of K. J. Larsen has created a laugh-filled debut novel that lovers of the Stephanie Plum novels will enjoy. [If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try the works of Janet Evanovich, Harley Jane Kozak and Stephanie Bond.] -- recommended by Donna G. - Virtual Services Department

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