Slow Squeeze - Iris Thorne Mysteries Author:Dianne G. Pugh In Cold Call, Pugh introduced readers to Iris Thorne. Now the firm's highest-paid and most senior investment counselor finds herself in a mystery Kirkus Review hails as "brightly written and . . . great fun." When a beautiful, rich widow is found dead in bed, the evidence implicates Iris in a career-threatening scandal.