Elgin Crofft Libri

A professional grad student, an engineering consultant, and a former Major League pitcher enter the wine cellar of a trendy bistro on New Year's Eve, but this is no One leaves on a stretcher, one is carried out in a body bag, and one speeds off in a stolen car. In a Lot of Trouble introduces an odd pair of amateur sleuths, Cressida Fortune and Don Mandarino, who are often mistaken for a couple, but, as Cress likes to explain, ''One of us is a lesbian.''