Hot Stuff: A Novel [Hardcover]

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An attractive sous chef at the famous restaurant L'Elfe Is murdered and half of the employees are suspect. The lack of police progress toward solving the murder leads Chef Jean Bouvier to seek a quicker solution. He hires private eyes James Lessor and Skip Moore to go undercover and discreetly investigate his restaurant staff. But their Investigation turns up far more than they bargained for. Skip's charming girlfriend, Emily, confesses that the murder victim and she had been close friends at one point in their lives and had shared a very dark secret. But Emily refuses to elaborate, building a wall of defense between herself and the two young detectives. The more James and Skip investigate the background of the victim and the people she knew, the more they are convinced that this shared secret has far-reaching implications that may lead to the motive for the murder. The closer they get to the answer, the more desperate someone is to stop them.

Witty, gritty, and filled with brilliantly realized characters, the book is a pure delight. -- Jeffery Deaver, New York Times best-selling authorAn attractive sous chef at the famous restaurant LElfe is murdered. Half the employees are possible suspects and the police are having difficulty solving the crime. Worried about the reputation of his restaurant and the inability of the police, Chef Jean Bouvier hires private eyes James Lessor and Skip Moore to discreetly investigate his restaurant staff. James and Skip? You have to be kidding! This quirky engaging mystery is a buddy novel as funny as the movie Dumb & Dumber. -- Library Journal Don Bruns keeps on getting better with each book. And his latest effort is nothing short of a home run. -- Strand Magazine Don Bruns' Hot Stuff is the kind of wonderful book that grabs and embraces you from the beginning. Bruns writes with a style that immediately makes you a part of all the action --it's like hearing a tale from a frielo