Some Like it Hot (Cat DeLuca Mysteries)
Everyone wants the diamond earrings Marilyn Monroe wore in Some Like It Hot, and everyone—the bar owner, the ex-bartender, the PI, the estranged wife—thinks the others are hiding them. The diamonds were last seen at a benefit that took place the same night magician Alan Mitchell was killed in Kyle Tierney’s bar, with Cristina the bartender as a witness. Kyle served his time, and Cristina is back in town, hiring Billy Bonham for the job of finding the earrings. And Billy has brought his high-school classmate Cat DeLuca into the game. Cat lives in a bungalow in the Chicago neighborhood of Bridgeport, surrounded by her family, including several cops. Her mother wants her married and is disappointed when Bonham is killed in what looks like a drive-by shooting. Cat takes over the case with Cristina and pursues Bonham’s killer as well as the earrings. Along the way, she uses her police connections to skirt the law—but also helps Bonham’s mother with her son’s funeral. Cat is a young V. I. Warshawski, but she’s surrounded by an eccentric family reminiscent of Stephanie Plum and her clan. --Karen Muller--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.