In this World War IIera historical mystery series debut by Joyce St. Anthony smalltown editor Irene Ingram has a nose for news and an eye for clues. Irene Ingram has written for her fathers newspaper the Progress Herald ever since she could grasp a pencil. Now shes editor in chief which doesnt sit well with the men in the newsroom. But proving her journalistic bona fides is the least of Irenes worries when crime reporter Moe Bauer on the heels of a hot tip turns up dead at the foot of his cell