HarperPaperbacks, January 1998

ISBN 0-06-104396-6, $5.99

Foodie Angie Amalfi has decided to make her culinary name by creating the perfect chocolate confection: angelinas. Donating her delicious rejects to the Random Acts of Kindness Mission in San Francisco, Angie meets the jittery minister in charge. Soon she volunteers to help organize their first fund-raiser, despite the fact that her handsome beau, police detective Paavo Smith, has warned her away from the place. Before Paavo can stop her, he finds himself facing charges that he's a murderous cop on the take. He suspects a "reformed" sinner at the mission is setting him up but Angie refuses to believe it. Then, faster than you can beat egg whites to a peak, she discovers that the mission harbors more than the needy, and that it's up to her to save not only Paavo's reputation--but his life, too. This is the fifth book in this popular series.

"Another terrific book...a bit of Lucille Ball and the Streets of San Francisco" --Tales From A Red Herring

"A wicked flair for light humor...a delightful reading concoction" --Gothic Journal

"Pence can satisfy the taste buds of the most skeptical mystery reader" --Pamela James, Literary Times

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