The Man in the Microwave Oven

Following Susan Coxs Minotaur BooksMystery Writers of America First Crime Novel award-winning debut, The Man in the Microwave Oven is her next delightfully quirky mystery featuring San Francisco transplant Theo Bogart. Fleeing from a murder and family tragedy in her native England, where she was the scandal du jour for the tabloid press, Theo Bogart changed her name and built an undercover life in a close-knit San Francisco neighborhood. She didnt expect to find love and friendship there, and now she doesnt know howor ifto reveal the truth.

After a confrontation with a difficult neighbor, Theo fears her secrets are about to be uncovered after all. When the woman who threatened to expose her is murdered, Theo is embroiled in the kind of jeopardy she crossed an ocean to escape. Worse yet, dangerous family secrets have followed her.

Theos grandfather unveils a glimpse of the shadowy world he once inhabited as an agent for the British Secret Service, bringing an even bigger breed of troubleand another deathto Theos doorstep. She finds herself fighting to protect herself, her family, and her new friends, aware that one of them might be a murderer. Susan Cox has once again painted a delightfully quirky portrait of a colorful San Francisco neighborhood and a woman finding her way through exactly the kind of scandalous mystery she was trying to leave behind.

Cox is a former journalist. She has also been the marketing and public relations director for a safari park, a fundraiser for nonprofit organizations, and president of the Palm Beach County (Florida) Attractions Association. She considers herself transcontinental and transatlantic, equally at home in San Francisco and Florida, and with a large and boisterous extended family in England.

She frequently wears a Starfleet communicator pin, because you never know. Her first novel, The Man on the Washing Machine, won the 2014 Minotaur BooksMystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition.