Initially it was just a stand alone story, Our Lady of Immaculate Deception, but now I have found that there is another title available.
Sticky Fingers
Roxy Abruzzo stays one step ahead of trouble----especially now that her cash
flow is less than stellar, and she's "doing favors" for her slippery uncle
Carmine, one of the last old-time Mob bosses in Pittsburgh. With her sidekick,
Nooch, and her thieving pitbull, Rooney, Roxy hustles the mean streets
collecting debts for Uncle Carmine and keeping his customers in line. With her
daughter's college tuition to pay, Roxy can almost convince herself that the
shady jobs are legal. But when Carmine's consigliere offers Roxy a contract to
kidnap someone, that's a line she won't cross. Trouble is the kidnapping happens
anyway, and when the victim turns up murdered, Roxy's number one on the police
hit parade. To protect herself, she investigates and soon learns the victim had
a big secret---or two. Add a rock singer with a penchant for dinosaur bones and
throw in a pesky paleontologist, plus an ex-nun with a mustache problem---not to
mention a sexy chef with a taste for whatever Roxy dishes up---and you've got a
caper full of quirky characters and laugh-out-loud mayhem. Peppered as usual
with Nancy Martin's sharp one-liners, Sticky Fingers---the second Roxy Abruzzo
mystery---is even tastier than the first.
{synopsis taken from Book Depository}
Plus a Name Change...
Foxy Roxy (previously published as Our Lady of Immaculate Deception)
Big truck, big dog, big hair. Bad attitude. Roxy Abruzzo, bestseller Nancy Martin's latest creation, is the sexy, streetwise niece of a Pittsburgh crime boss, and she's trying to stay on the straight and narrow . . . most of the time. But now and then temptation is just too much for hot-blooded Roxy. As she prowls the mean streets looking for architectural treasures, she can't help swiping an ancient Greek statue that's not exactly hers. Then the statue's owner, heir to a billion-dollar steel fortune, gets himself killed, and the police investigation sweeps Roxy into a mess that requires all of her wits and wiles to escape. All this plus a dotty grand dame, a slippery lawyer, and an avaricious socialite or two makes for a lethal combination of danger and desperation--with Roxy in the middle. With her wicked sense of humor and a devilishly clever premise, author of the beloved Blackbird Sisters mysteries, Nancy Martin has started another outstanding mystery series with "Foxy Roxy."* *(Previously published in hardcover as "Our Lady of Immaculate Deception")
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