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This collection contains four licensed novellas in the Miss Fortune universe.Sinful Science: "Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld, was a man with a wolf's head. The Navajo skin walkers could turn into any animal they pleased. And of course there's the Hồ tinh, Hanoi's nine-tailed fox. I was thinking I might write a story about the Hồ tinh.""Gertie, that's a great idea," Ally said. "Are you going to write children's books?""Oh, my goodness, no. There's no money in children's books. I'm thinking erotica."Once Upon a Murder: "It's been crazy," the desk clerk said. "We just had another big group stay here right before you guys, and they completely trashed the place. Shot out the security cameras with BB guns, pitched a couch off a seventeenth-floor balcony, and one room tried to flush a pillow down the toilet." "What kind of group was that?" I asked. "Doll collectors' convention."Tabasco Fiasco: I found cooking to be something of a mystery. Fortunately, I had a strong stomach and what a fellow agent once enviously described as "taste buds of steel."Schooled: "What's Celia complaining about this time? Did I wash my car on a Tuesday? Wear off-white before Labor Day?"Sheriff Lee fidgeted and cleared his throat. "Celia Arceneaux is dead, Fortune."

"Our guest of honor, Jimmy Tanaka, may have been "The Most Hated Man in Hawaii," but the College of Commerce was in no position to be picky. Not after the latest round of budget cuts. After a brutal year on the academic job market, Professor Molly Barda has finally landed a job at Mahina State University in Mahina, Hawaii ("Where Your Future Begins Tomorrow"). All she wants to do is keep her head down and stay out of trouble until she gets tenure. But then the wealthy and widely-hated Jimmy Tanaka, founder of Merrie Musubis lunch shop, pledges a huge donation to Molly's college and promptly disappears. Molly's bottom-line-obsessed dean, knowing that Molly is in no position to refuse, orders her to track down the missing mogul. As Molly uncovers Mahina's secrets, she starts to fall for Tanaka's competitor...who may have a skeleton or two in his own closet."--

All Professor Molly wanted to do was teach literature. Instead she's been named department chair. She's buried in Student Retention paperwork. She has to mentor the department's new star, the prickly Fiona Spencer. The college has just relocated to a former asylum, and the air conditioning is broken. At least nothing else can go wrong.Until Fiona finds a body in her office.Smart, witty, and entertaining throughout, The Fever Cabinet is a wry and irreverent look at the underbelly of academia, with a dead body thrown in for extra fun. Through Bow's colorful writing and authentic characters, we are treated to a look at the "real" Hawai'i-one tourists rarely get to experience-as well as the petty squabbles and power-struggles that erupt when academic egos collide. A terrific read!- Leslie Karst, author of the Sally Solari Mysteries

Professor Molly Barda investigates a mysterious paddling accident, and realizes it isn't just business majors who cheat to get what they want. Whether it's moving up in the college rankings, getting a seat in the big canoe race, or just looking out for themselves, some people will do whatever it takes-including murder. If you like Dorothy Parker, Sarah Caudwell, P.G. Wodehouse, or E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia stories, or are in the mood for a murder in Hawaii, you'll enjoy this tale of passion, pilferage, and petty politics in the middle of the Pacific.