With her culinary career on the brink of success, dilettante chef Angie Amalfi is summoned to Rome when her realtor sister Caterina is accused of murdering the stranger she had found dead in the abandoned mansion of an absent client and of stealing a priceless religious artifact, but Angie's investigation is complicated by an ever mounting array of corpses. Original.

Product Description: Dilettante chef Angie Amalfi doubts if she'll actually survive her engagement to San Francisco homicide detective Paavo Smith, what with her meddling mom micromanaging the whole affair. So Angie leaps at the chance to spend some time away with her fiancé in the sun–drenched Arizona desert town where he'd spent time as a boy –– and maybe explore the possibility of a Southwestern–themed wedding feast...read more

Yearning for some time away with her fiancé, homicide detective Paavo Smith, to escape her mother's grandiose wedding schemes, chef Angie Amalfi joins him on a trip to his Arizona hometown, where he comes to the aid of an old friend investigating the murder of a wealthy inhabitant of the tiny desert community. Original.

Freelance food writer and chef Angie Amalfi is forced to allow her controlling mother to plan the party celebrating her engagement to San Francisco homicide detective Paavo Smith, when she becomes embroiled in an investigation into a mysterious pregnant worker at a nearby eatery, the murder of a local philanthropist, a vengeful stalker, and odd events on a fishing boat. Original.

A holiday treasury of original tales of romance, mystery, and suspense presents works by Christie Ridgway, Judy McCoy, Joanne Pence, and Katherine Hall Page, whose popular sleuth Faith Fairchild encounters a deceptive Christmas miracle. Original.

Delighted by a chance to prepare a banquet for the cast of her favorite--but now defunct--soap opera during an upcoming Christmas Reunion Special, chef Angie Amalfi is disturbed when she is given the room from which a young actress had fallen to her death years before, a situation that is further complicated by her discovery of another corpse in the cellar. Original.

Product Description: With another failed business behind her, dilettante chef Angie Amalfi is cooking up a new scheme: Pairing up her best friend Connie with a handsome professional football player who just happens to be related to the owner of her favorite Italian restaurant...read more

When her matchmaking efforts on the part of her best friend Connie Rogers end in disaster--with the disappearance of the would-be boyfriend and a brutal robbery/homicide--chef-turned-sleuth Angie Amalfi races against time to find the real killer, before Connie is arrested for the crime. Original.

Gourmet baker and amateur sleuth Angie Amalfi joins her boyfriend, homicide detective Paavo Smith, in his investigation into a baffling string of murders that may be tied to satanic ritual, after a series of bizarre 'accidents' and desecrations lead her to believe that the maniacal serial killer has developed a lethal obsession with her. Original.

Culinary expert, gourmet chef, and amateur sleuth Angie Amalfi comes to the aid of her boyfriend, Homicide Detective Paavo Smith, a man tormented by the childhood abandonment of his mother, when an antique brooch that belonged to his mother vanishes, the jeweler repairing it is murdered, and his surrogate father is wounded by a would-be thief. Reissue.

Hired by a group of UFO investigators and government conspiracy fanatics to host a 'Fantasy Dinner,' culinary detective Angie Amalfi sets out to create an outlandish feast, only to discover that the Prometheus Group may be tied to a series of bizarre murders that her cop boyfriend, Paavo, is investigating. Original.

On the way to Acapulco with her detective boyfriend, Paavo Smith, food writer Angie Amalfi's romantic dreams are shipwrecked when the cook tries to jump off the boat, Paavo behaves bizarrely, the fellow passengers are weird, the food is terrible, her suitcases are violated, and a murder occurs. Original.

Smooth-talking her way into a new job and satisfied with her new love, Paavo Smith, a handsome homicide detective, Angie Amalfi is content, until a local restaurateur is murdered and her investigative instincts are boiling, as she tracks a killer. Reissue.

When Angie Amalfi decides to create a delectable chocolate confection, she donates the batches that are not up to par to the Random Acts of Kindness Mission, her boyfriend, police detective Paavo Smith, suddenly finds himself falsely accused of murder and illicit dealings, and Angie must clear his name and save his life. Original.

Trading in her chef's hat for a sleuthing cap, food columnist and talented cook Angie Amalfi helps her handsome detective boyfriend, Paavo Smith, set out to solve the gruesome homicides of two young women. Original.

With her boyfriend, San Francisco police detective Paavo Smith, in tow, food critic Angie Amalfi arrives at the new northern California inn where she is to work on the menu, just in time to witness an ominous threat. Reissue.

When a recipe contributor to her column is murdered, food writer Angelina Amalfi discovers she is next on the killer's list, and after two more murders ensue, she concocts a clever scheme to thwart the killer. Reissue.