Outsourcing Murder

Emma Jones, a 20-something IT consultant, is working on an outsourcing project at Tahiti Tacos, a restaurant chain offering Polynexican cuisine - refried poi, anyone? Emma despises her boss Padmanabh, a brilliant but arrogant partner in GD Consulting. When Emma discovers His-Royal-Padness's body (verdict: death by cricket bat), she becomes a suspect. With her overprotective family and her best friend Stacey providing endless support and advice, Emma stumbles her way through an investigation of Padmanabh's murder, bolstered by fusion food feeding frenzies, endless cups of frou-frou coffee and serious surfing sessions. While Stacey knows a PI who owes her a favor, landlady Magda urges Emma to tart up her underwear drawer before the next cute cop with a search warrant arrives. Emma's mother fixes her up with a PhD student at Berkeley and showers her with self-defense gizmos while her old lover Keoni beckons from Hawai'i. And everyone, even Shaun the barista, knows a good lawyer.

MADDI DAVIDSON is the pen name for two sisters, Diane and Mary Ann Davidson. Living on opposite coasts, both sisters have imposed complex technology on unsuspecting customers and enjoy surfing. Learn more about Maddi at http: //maddidavidson.wordpress.co