POUNDED LAUNCH!

Chicago café owner Alene Baron investigates when her friend's husband and father fall mysteriously ill, uncovering family dysfunction, infidelity, and murder.

Gottlieb once again creates that rare blend of cozy familiarity and edge‑of‑your‑seat tension—the kind that makes you feel like you’re right at home with old friends even as the stakes climb higher with every chapter. Laurie Buchanan, author of the Sean McPherson crime thriller novels

When a teenage sleepover at the Horvats’ house is interrupted by a three-a.m. medical emergency, Alene—owner of the Whipped and Sipped Café—and her cop boyfriend, Frank, are pulled into a troubling mystery involving friends and family. As suspicion spreads, the Whipped and Sipped becomes the gathering place where secrets surface, old wounds reopen, and the truth slowly emerges. Kathleen Kaska, author of the Sydney Lockhart Mysteries

In Pounded, G.P. Gottlieb beautifully crafts an emotionally rich and nuanced portrait of a community facing crisis. At its center is Alene Baron, proprietress of the Whipped and Sipped cafe, and the steady, compassionate heart of this cozy mystery in which long-buried family tensions resurface, and loyalties are tested. Marjorie McCown, Author of the Hollywood Mysteries