Nicole Charles didnтАЩt go to journalism school to become a gossip columnist, but the job fell into her lap right out of school and her immigrant work ethic just wonтАЩt let her quit to find something sheтАЩd like better. ItтАЩs a good job, but she struggles with the stigma attached to her position by other reporters. More than anything, she wants to be a real reporter, but it looks like sheтАЩs never going to get a chance.
Then one night while covering a gallery opening, she discovers a dead body in a dark alley. An up-and-coming artist has been stabbed in the throat with an antique icepick. Nicole is right in the middle of the biggest story of the year. ItтАЩs the chance of a lifetime. Too bad someone had to die to make it happen.
Linda L. Richards is a journalist, photographer and author of 15 books, including Return From Extinction: The Triumph of the Elephant Seal in the Orca Wild series. She is the former publisher of Self-Counsel Press and the founder and publisher of January Magazine. Linda lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.