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The Case of the Missing Won Ton Recipe

Every case seems to start with a beautiful woman and I'm old enough to know that beauty is usually just another disguise that trouble wears to get through my door. But Rosie Feng was different. She was beautiful in all the ways that can drag a man halfway to hades and back. She cut to the chase quickly, "Mr. Malloy, my husband's won ton recipe is missing and so is the line cook who knew it. If you find it, I'll make it worth your while."

 

"And if I don't," I said inhaling a blast of her sultry perfume.

 

She smiled like a blade wrapped in ice and said, "That would be unfortunate for all of us including you Mr. Malloy."

 

I hate it when a job starts like this but I knew Chinatown and knew where to start. It was time to find Leo "the Whisperer."

 

Image imagined in MidJourney AI and finished with Topaz Studio and Lightroom Classic.

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Uploaded on June 15, 2025
Taken circa 2025