Local author

"TV journalist Elizabeth "E.M." Danniher will tell you she committed two sins -- she didn't stay young, and she made an enemy of a powerful news executive -- her ex. She used to break national news. Now her top story as the "Helping Out!" reporter at dinky KWMT-TV in Sherman, Wyoming is getting a refund for a defective toaster. Tough, funny and determined, Elizabeth wrestles with isolation, keeping a professional edge, and an evolving self-image. Is Wyoming -- the land of cattle, cowboys, tumbleweeds, and fewer than six people per square mile -- her new home or a road to permanent obscurity? Soon she's in a battle of wills with ex-football player turned journalist Mike Paycik, who sees her as a handy rung on his career ladder. And there's the matter of a deputy sheriff--missing or murdered? Elizabeth finds herself investigating at the insistence of a girl who's set on proving her father's innocence. Not that enigmatic rancher Thomas David Burrell makes investigating easy. But Elizabeth won't fade to black without a fight, no matter how final some might want to make her Sign Off."--provided by publisher