NO GOOD DEEDS

For Tess Monaghan, the unsolved murder of a young federal prosecutor is nothing more than a theoretical problem, one of several cases to be deconstructed in her new gig as a consultant to the local newspaper. But it becomes all too tangible when her boyfriend brings home a young street kid who doesnt even realize he holds an important key to the mans death. Tess agrees to protect the boys identity no matter what, especially when one of his friends is killed in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. But with federal agents determined to learn the boys name at any cost, Tess finds out just how far even official authorities will go to get what they want. Soon shes facing felony charges - and her boyfriend, Crow, has gone into hiding with his young protégé, so Tess cant deliver the kid to investigators even if she wants to. Time and time again Tess is reminded of her fathers old joke, the one about the most terrifying sentence in the English language - Were from the government - and were here to help.