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""Meet Tricia Maguire. What fun!"" says Readers' Favorite. ""She's feisty but funny, holy but horny, nosey but nice."" An ambitious young widow and journalist, Tricia dreams of romance and children with Justin Hardy, and a leap from her small New Jersey paper to The New York Times. But she's fighting more than deadlines-her weight, her ticking biological clock, her envy, and the scars of a disastrous first marriage that left her wary of men. When a shocking murder rocks the local museum, Tricia investigates with daring. Every suspect hides a darker motive than the last. A chase through a swamp. A gunfight in a solarium. An unstable kidnapper. And in the end, Tricia discovers that envy does indeed kill. Will she achieve her Times-worthy ambitions-or finally choose love? Can she make peace with herself before her battles consume her, despite her Twelve Step spirituality? A witty, suspenseful mystery steeped in the grit of noir Central Jersey.

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""The wry humor is brilliant!"" -- Amazon reviewer. ""Skillfully written story of envy, romance, faith, murder, hope and personal growth."" -- Amazon reviewer

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Norma Hopcraft has been in love with storytelling ever since she was a reporter in noir Central Jersey. She was a corporate journalist and graduated magna cum laude from New York University's creative writing and literature program. She took a one-year creative writing sabbatical in Paris, then lived in Barcelona and Brooklyn.She's been published in the South Dakota Review and won first prize in a mystery short story contest from Deadly Ink.To contact her, visit her blog, The Traveling Writer, at NormaHopcraft.com. She would love to connect with you!Now residing in Rochester, NY, you'll find her happily writing in one of the dozen vibrant, independent cafes within walking distance of her home.

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