This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

A TEENY BIT OF TROUBLE. Copyright © 2012 by Michael Lee West. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

West, Michael Lee.

   A teeny bit of trouble / Michael Lee West. — 1st ed.

           p.   cm.

   ISBN 978-0-312-57123-8 (hardcover)

   ISBN 978-1-250-01402-3 (e-book)

 1.  Women cooks—Fiction.   2.  Murder—Investigation—Fiction.   I.  Title.

   PS3573.E8244T44 2012

   813'.54—dc23

2011045369

e-ISBN 9781250014023

First Edition: April 2012