Norma Hopcraft

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Daring young widow and reporter Tricia Maguire is so ambitious for recognition in the newspaper world that she takes huge risks to solve crimes. And screws up...royally... She risks her life to solve a murder committed in front of Town Hall. When she sneaks into Town Hall at night to dig for clues, someone tries to kill her. Because she was trespassing and doesn't want to face the consequences, she keeps this attempted murder a secret, putting herself-and others-at deep risk. She's dating Justin Hardy, a developer with a young son who is making the news that she's responsible to report. Is she tailoring her coverage of him to protect him from scrutiny? Is she failing as a journalist? Doomed to screw up this relationship because she's a reporter? As she tries to unravel the knots of the murder, the threads keep leading to Justin, her best chance at happiness. Or is he? As the consequences of her journalistic, romantic, and amateur sleuthing decisions pile up, the tension piles up until she's in an impossible corner.