This debut mystery is the first winner of Mysterious Press`s Sarah Ann Freed Memorial Award. Tough, determined Annie Seymour, crime reporter for the New Haven Herald, can`t get much information from the police investigating the scene where the naked body of a Yale sophomore lies dead on the street, having apparently exited a nearby apartment via a window. The lack of cooperation from the cops is particularly irksome because one of them happens to be Annie`s boyfriend, Tom. He also encourages her to drop the story, but she digs a little deeper and discovers that the student worked as a high-class call girl. Others, including her editor and the Yale administration, would also prefer that Annie leave the matter alone, but aided by a handsome PI, she won`t be deterred from her quest to find the truth and put it on page one.