Don't Look Down

Smith's new romantic mystery series gets off to a fast start, when young divorcee, Mandy Baasch, returns home late one night to find her house ransacked and her beloved dog Ringo brutally beaten. Desperate to save Ringo's life, she rushes to the one person she knows will help--her womanizing, thrill-seeking ex-husband, Gary, whom she divorced four years before. The predicament worsens, as it becomes apparent that Mandy has something that someone desperately wants, something this someone is willing to kill for. Old marital wounds are forgotten, when the two discover that Mandy has the key to a million-dollar ancient treasure and that the two of them are in grave danger. Smith delivers a suspenseful page-turner spiced with spicy characters, satirical dialogue and a shrewdly deceptive finale that pulls it all together. (July)