Where There's a Will ....There's Murder

The first in a series of murder mysteries, Maggie Flaherty is a recently fired, now solo attorney. She's sarcastic, irreverent and funny – and also desperate for clients. Little does she know her first client may well be the death of her! Retained by Emily Hastings to find her elderly and recently murdered Aunt Lily’s will – and dazzled by the retainer – she goes to the scene of the crime where someone attacks her and leaves her unconscious. Worried, her brother Sean, a Chicago Homicide Detective, asks his sexy, funny, ex FBI agent friend, Digs McCarthy to guard Maggie. Furious, Maggie fights back – and the sparks fly!Sean reluctantly tells Maggie that the day after Lily’s murder a low level mobster was murdered in Cicero – with the same gun! And he’s also investigating an old box found containing a skeleton and what could be some stolen mob money. Maggie, though she will never admit it, may be in way over her head! After her apartment is broken into, things really get complicated. Digs’ ex lover, FBI Agent Olivia Stavros appears and she wants Digs back. Lily’s neighbor is murdered and his house torched. Someone shoots Maggie. Emily goes missing. If Maggie doesn’t figure out what’s going on soon, Emily will die. And Maggie with her.