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Hot Stuff
A Novel
2012
First Published
3.50
Average Rating
292
Number of Pages

Part of Series

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.
Avg Rating
3.50
Number of Ratings
60
5 STARS
27%
4 STARS
20%
3 STARS
35%
2 STARS
13%
1 STARS
5%
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Author

Don Bruns
Don Bruns
Author · 17 books

Don Bruns is a writer, novelist, musician, songwriter, painter, cook, advertising executive and stand up comic who has no idea what he wants to be when he grows up. He's the author of nine books and was editor of the mystery/music anthology A Merry Band Of Murderers. Don's published novels cover two series. One, a Caribbean thriller collection and two, the Stuff series, a humorous look at two twenty-four year old guys in South Florida who start their own detective agency and end up neck - deep in trouble. Jamaica Blue, Barbados Heat, South Beach Shakedown, St. Barts Breakdown and Bahama Burnout make up the Caribbean books. The Stuff series consists of Stuff To Die For, Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Stuff To Spy For, and Don't Sweat The Small Stuff. Bruns is currently working on the fifth Stuff book, Too Much Stuff. He currently resides on Florida's West coast. Bahama Burnout/ Finalist, National Best Books Award - Mystery/Suspense 2009 South Beach Shakedown/ Winner National Best Books Award -Fiction/Suspense 2006 South Beach Shakedown/ Winner, Indie Excellence, 2006 Award - Mystery/Suspense South Beach Shakedown/ Winner USA Book Award, 2006 - Mystery Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/ Winner Indie Excellence Award 2009 - Mystery/Suspense Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/IndieBound Notable, October 2008 Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/Winner Florida Writer's Association - Stuff To Die For/ Starred review Booklist

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