Yappy Hour (32 page)

1 shot glass white rum

1 oz pomegranate juice

Splash of triple sec

Splash of fresh lemon juice

Splash of grapefruit juice

Put it all in a shaker filled with ice. Strain and pour into glass.

• • • Mutt-tini • • •

Cracked ice

2½ ounces Bulldog gin

½ ounce dry vermouth

Green olive for garnish

Put it all in a shaker filled with ice. Strain and pour into glass.

• • • Muttgarita • • •

2 ounces tequila (preferably 100 percent agave)

1 ounce Cointreau

Freshly squeezed lime juice

Salt

Put it all in a shaker filled with ice. Salt the rim of your glass. Shake, strain, and enjoy!

 

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my wonderful agent, Jill Marsal; this book would not have been possible without your enthusiasm and support. Thanks to my editor, Anne Brewer, for loving my Yappy Crew! Special thanks to my dear friend, Marina Adair, for all the brainstorming, chats, and most importantly laughs!

Thanks to my early readers for your notes and support, specifically: Camille Minichino, Mariella Krause, and Laura-Kate Rurka.

Shout-out and hugs to my Carmen, Tommy, Bobby, and Tom Sr.: you all are simply the best personal cheering crew anyone could ever want.

Finally, thank you to all you dear readers who have written to me. Your kind words keep me motivated to write the next story.

 

About the Author

Diana Orgain
is the author of the Maternal Instincts Mystery series and the coauthor of
Gilt Trip
in the
New York Times
bestselling Scrapbooking Mystery series by Laura Childs. She holds a B.A. and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and three children.

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Also by
Diana Orgain

A First Date with Death

Nursing a Grudge

Formula for Murder

Motherhood Is Murder

Bundle of Trouble

Gilt Trip

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Cocktail Recipes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Diana Orgain

Copyright

 

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 THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS
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An imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group.

YAPPY HOUR
. Copyright © 2015 by Diana Orgain. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

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First Edition: November 2015