Likable-but-arrogant Maggie Fiori has all the ingredients for a perfect life — a handsome, attentive husband, two terrific kids, a reliable au pair, a house on a San Francisco Bay area hill with views to die for, and a satisfying freelance life, working for the enigmatic Quentin Hart, editor of Small Town, San Francisco's chicest city magazine. But what wouldn't she do for a little excitement? Bored with carpools and itching to shed her khaki wrap-around skirt, Maggie makes a dangerous decision.
Her dueling desires for domestic bliss and adventure intensify when she finds her Quentin’s body slumped over his desk at home, her first serious investigative piece buried along with him, and to her dismay, a shared secret exposed. With her husband now a potential suspect, Maggie determines to set everything right, convinced that discovering Quentin's murderer is the only way to wipe the slate clean. Risking everything to reclaim her former life, Maggie takes on a complex new job and launches her own murder investigation, uncovering a trail of sexual misadventure and intrigue that begins in Oxford and ends on the shores of San Francisco Bay. Throwing her journalist's instinct into overdrive, she turns amateur sleuth, investigating leads and rattling cages, putting herself and her family in harm’s way as a result. Readers who enjoyed Susan Isaacs’ classic COMPROMISING POSITIONS, Kate White’s Bailey Weggins’ series (IF LOOKS COULD KILL, A BODY TO DIE FOR), and Laurie Colwin’s elegant comedies of domestic life, will relish this stylish debut mystery.
