"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.