On the Hook: Smith and Westen Mysteries, Book 1

A Picasso disappears en route from Chicago to New Hampshire.While the truck is moving.The multi-million dollar painting is there, then it’s not. It’s gone, but it can’t be.• Kendra Jean Valentine, underwriting agent for the policy, is on the hook.

She scrapes together enough to hire two women to work the case. Two ‘regular’ women no self-respecting insurance agent would look twice at.

Which is exactly why KJ thinks they’re perfect.• Westen Hughes owns a failing pet shop. With creditors phoning daily, she jumps at the chance to earn a bundle of easy money, even though the offer comes from high school nemesis KJ Valentine, who stole everything in high school: head cheerleader, homecoming queen and the star quarterback.• Phoebe Smith is a snake-loving, underwear-hating, tuba player with more baggage than Logan Airport—Westen’s total opposite in all ways.Ten percent of a hundred million is…Well, it’s a lot so Smith and Westen join forces on a roller coaster ride to find one of the world’s most valuable paintings.