Life is good for Kit Marshall.
The police are clueless in more ways than one, and Kit worries that the next task on the killer\'s agenda will be to end her life..
However, she and her free-spirited friend Meg have a more pressing reason to play sleuth.
Kit\'s tabloid infamy horrifies her boyfriend\'s upper-crust family, and it could destroy her career.
Then there\'s the suspiciously dry-eyed Widow Langsford.
Not only had the senator decided to quash the ambitions of a major military contractor, but his likely successor is a congressman he trounced in the last election.
Langsford had begun to vote with his conscience, which meant he was often at odds with his party.
Well-loved though the senator was, suspects abound.
Circumstances back Kit\'s claim of innocence, but her photograph has gone viral, and the heat won\'t be off until the killer is found.
Panicked, she pulls the weapon out of his chest and instantly becomes the prime suspect in his murder.
Then, one morning, Kit arrives at the office early and finds her boss, Senator Langsford, impaled by a stainless steel replica of an Army attack helicopter. for a popular senator, and she lives with an adoring beagle and a brainy boyfriend with a trust fund.
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Life is good for Kit Marshall