Friends and Lovers — Maureen Martella

When a long-distance phone call summons private investigator Annie McHugh's lover and business partner, Gerry, across the Atlantic, Annie's left in charge. She's looked forward for so long to being in the hot-seat, but it seems as if someone doesn't want her to succeed. And what's more, the infuriating but intriguing Sizemore has been brought in to help her investigate a dodgy insurance claim. He's got brains as well as brawn but Annie's determined to prove she's perfectly capable of managing on her own. Or is she?

With a case that's proving harder to crack than a high-security safe, dirty phone calls, errant colleagues and Sizemore clamped to her side Annie faces her greatest challenge yet. And she soon realises that sometimes friends can be more of a hindrance than a help…