Liar, Liar
A Cat DeLuca Mystery

Caterina DeLuca, burned by her now exhusband, Johnnie Ricco, took the skills she mastered during marriage and opened her own privateeye agency. Now shes armed with a camera, ready to print the evidence to 8 10 glossies for use in divorce court. The men in her big, whacko family, all Chicago cops and one a crook, arent sure what to make of Cats career choice. But hey, its serve and protect!Then one Rita Polansky retains Cat. Ritas liarliar husband is the mysterious but seriously hot Chance Savino. Cat is in fact hot on his heels when an exploding building hurls her out of her stilettos and into the hospital. The FBI claims Savino was killed in the fireworks, but Cats memory replays a different scenario.She escapes the hospital to meet with her client, another liar. When Rita doesnt show, Cat breaks into her home to find a dead Rita, a knife in her chest, and two clues at the murder scene: a clutch of Starburst candy wrappersand Chance Savino, rummaging through Ritas drawers. As one surprise after another piles up while no one else sights Savino, everyone around Cat thinks shes crazyeveryone except a determined killer who has put her on his kill list. Botched attempts force Cat to suspect Johnnie Ricco, or liarliars from her earlier cases, or a Chicago power broker. Can Cat, catcher of cheaters, catch a killer? And even if she does, this is Chicago, so what would she do then?