187. Dating Can Be Murder (A Samantha Shaw Mystery, 1) – Jennifer Apodaca, Kensington Mystery, April 2003 (c2002), ISBN: 0758200757
Featuring: Samantha Shaw
Synopsis:
Samantha Shaw remembers a time when she believed in true love. When buying Heart Mates - the dating service her now deceased husband did business with - seemed like a good idea. But her romantic reveries ended the day she found a stash of sexy panties (not hers) hidden in his car. Leaving Sam with one question: What else was the cheating creep hiding? Try an illegal drug trade and a whole lot of money. That's just some of what surfaces after a man walks into Heart Mates and promises to kill Sam - and her kids - if she doesn't come up with the cash her spouse stole.
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