Stolen Pieces - by S K Golden (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

OCEAN'S 8 meets Janet Evanovich, this fast-paced crime caper features one badass mother, with a certain set of skills who is forced to come out of retirement to protect her son, and teach a few men a few lessons!

Ex-con artist Bee Cardello is going legit. Divorced from her mafia boss husband, she is determined to stay on the straight and narrow. So, when ex-hubby Charlie steals $37.5 million from a dangerous kingpin, who puts out a hit on Bee and her ten-year-old son Oliver, she finds herself pulled back into the life she's worked so hard to escape.

Part of that old life being one Adam Gage - an old flame and all-round sexy badass who Charlie's now employed to keep her and Oliver safe . . . well, that's what he tells her. Bee has been in this game long enough to know that everyone is in it for themselves, and she'd be stupid to trust Adam . . . again.

When Oliver is snatched from right under their noses, rather than risk losing him forever, Bee gathers her old team, dusts off all her old grifting tricks, and comes out of retirement to get her son back!

Review Quotes

Blood and gore, white-knuckle suspense, clever double-crosses, wacky humor, and colorful characters plus a happy ending make this the perfect escapist read

-- "Booklist"

Gangsters, thieves, CIA
agents, double-crossing allies, and a foul-mouthed forger with a heart of gold.
Your move-- "Kirkus Reviews"

This book has all the things I love in a mystery novel - a unique sleuth, a quirky cast of suspects, and a twisty whodunnit-- "C. J. Archer , USA Today bestselling author of the Cleopatra Fox Mysteries , on The Socialite's Guide to Murder"

The Socialite's Guide to Murder is nonstop entertainment - at turns witty, charming, touching, and spellbinding-- "Kelly Oliver, award-winning author of the Fiona Figg Mysteries"

This first novel - and likely the first in a series - effectively evokes the social milieu of the late 1950s, hiding Evelyn's intellect behind a fluffy indulged fa�ade-- "Booklist on The Socialite's Guide to Murder"

A catty yet decorous whodunit festooned with period trappings-- "Kirkus Reviews on The Socialite's Guide to Murder"

The heroine's serenely coy sensibility vividly evokes the 1950s-- "Kirkus Reviews on The Socialite's Guide to Death and Dating"

With her creation of an intriguing upstairs/downstairs world, Golden channels the spirit of the late Hugh Pentecost's Beaumont Hotel. Readers will be eager to check into Evelyn's next adventure-- "Publishers Weekly on The Socialite's Guide to Murder"

About the Author

S.K. Golden is the author of the Pinnacle Hotel cozy mystery series. Born and raised in the Florida Keys, she married a commercial fisherman. The two of them still live on the islands with their five kids (one boy, four girls - including identical twins!), two cats, and a corgi named Goku. Sarah graduated from Saint Leo University with a bachelor's degree in Human Services and Administration and has put it to good use approximately zero times. She's worked as a bank teller, a pharmacy technician, and an executive assistant at her father's church. Sarah is delighted to be doing none of those things now.