Homemaker

When a former friend and devoted mother vanishes, a confident homemaker turned amateur sleuth follows an unexpected trail of scandals and secrets to find her. Prairie Nightingale is both the midlife mother of two teenage girls and a canny entrepreneur who has turned homemaking into a salaried profession. Shes also fascinated with the gritty details of other peoples lives. So when seemingly perfect Lisa Radcliffe, a member of her former mom-friends circle, suddenly disappears, its in Prairies nature to find out why. Given her innate talent for vital pattern recognition, Prairie is out to catch a few clues by taking a long, hard look at everyone in Lisas lifeand uncovering their secrets. Including Lisas. Prairies dogged curiosity is especially irritating to FBI agent Foster Rosemare, the first interesting man Prairie has met since her divorce. His square jaw and sharp suits dont hurt. But even as the investigation begins to wreak havoc on Prairies carefully tended homelife, shes resolved to use her multivalent homemaking skills to solve the mystery of a missing momand along the way discover the thrill of her new sleuthing ambitions.