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Random Road, introducing Geneva Chase, Thomas Kies

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Random Road

Thomas Kies

Geneva Chase mystery, [1]

introducing Geneva Chase

The Sheffield Post headline shouts, "Cops Call Murder Scene 'Slaughterhouse." On the scene, veteran reporter Geneva Chase spurs the Deputy Police Chief to tell her quietly, "Six bodies…all nude…hacked to pieces." How could such a slaughter happen on Connecticut's moneyed Gold Coast? For Geneva, battling alcoholism and bad choices, writing this story is the last chance to redeem herself. She's lost every other major news job she's had. But ink still flows thick in her veins. Her story on Sheffield's unlikely killing field is the Post's lead, soon picked up by metro papers, and she keeps it there, exposing the turbulence beneath the rich and entitleds' secrets. She's also tracking community connections, watching a hit-and-run case disappear through a large donation, interviewing dangerous suspects, visiting a swingers club, joining cops for a burglary bust, and taking a guided tour to spot history's underwater ghost. All this despite the distractions of the married man she can't quite ditch and the sweet if shaky love affair she starts with an old high school sweetheart. Can she keep her drinking under control and do her job well enough to keep from getting fired, finish the story, and not further screw up her life?

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