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The Suspicious One: Part of the Love…Maybe ebook short story collection.A Jayne McCartney short storyHot on the trail of a missing Chihuahua called Cupid, private eye Jayne McCartney discovers that love can come with a bite, and that even the simplest of investigations can turn rabid…For readers who like their crime with a drop of romance and a bite of humour.***This is a short story, which you can also buy as part of the Love…Maybe Eshort Collection***

Museum curator Summer Hawthorne considered the exquisite ice-blue ceramic bowl given to her by her beloved Japanese nanny a treasure of sentimental value—until somebody tried to kill her for it. The priceless relic is about to ignite a global power struggle that must be stopped at all costs. It’s a desperate situation, and international operative Takashi O’Brien has received his directive: everybody is expendable. Everybody. Especially the woman who is getting dangerously under his skin as the lethal game crosses the Pacific to the remote and beautiful mountains of Japan, where the truth can be as seductive as it is deadly….“A master at creating chilling atmosphere with a modern touch. ” —Library Journal