02292cam a2200397 i 4500 1165039514 TxAuBib 20230411120000.0 220709s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022948693 9781496737144 hardcover 1496737148 hardcover (OCoLC)1334720942 YDX eng rda YDX BDX ETC OCLCF FLW UKMGB ATNSH IG$ GO6 INR RNL GL4 IMT APL ILC VP@ JVK DMOPL UOK TxAuBib rda Michaels, Fern, author. On the line / Fern Michaels. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp, 2023. ©2023. 276 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Mateo Castillo is a rising star chef on the Manhattan culinary scene. But just as he's about to reap the rewards of his skill and hard work by being featured on a major TV cooking competition, Mateo collapses in his restaurant's kitchen and regains consciousness in a hospital emergency room. If it weren't for a security guard finding him in time, Mateo would have bled to death. The cause of his sudden illness is as mysterious as it is worrying, and Mateo and his family undergo a battery of genetic tests. Yet the answers that start to emerge only raise more questions. Mateo's parents fled their home in Colombia many years ago, seeking refuge from the infamous cartels. Now the test results threaten to uncover a dark secret that exposes his family to dangers in the past while clouding the investigation into who is trying to hurt Mateo in the present..."-- Dust jacket flap. 20230411. Cooks Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Colombian Americans Fiction. Cooking Competitions Fiction. New York (N.Y) Fiction. New York (State) Fiction. Television cooking shows Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) TXKIP