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"Meet Tricia Maguire. What fun!" says Readers' Favorite. 

"She's feisty but funny, holy but horny, nosey but nice."

Ambitious, daring, and just a little reckless, she's a reporter determined to uncover the stories that will help her rise from her little hometown weekly to a major national newspaper. She takes huge risks to solve crime. And screws up … royally.

She's also getting romantic with handsome, well-to-do Justin Hardy. But she's battling her weight and her heart, scarred by a former marriage to an alcoholic.

She investigates a suspicious hit-and-run death in her noir Central Jersey town. The deeper she digs the more danger she's in—and the more the evidence points to Justin Hardy. He seems like her best chance at happiness. But is he really?

Tricia risks everything—her job, her reputation, her life. Will she prevail or succumb to darkness despite her Twelve Step spirituality?

A daring widow, a dangerous secret, and a mystery that could unravel her future.