Edward J Herdrich

The Easy Way Out Edward J Herdrich

Samantha Rose Johnson is a tough, cynical, but law-school educated, licensed private detective working in Elgin, Illinois. From growing up biracial in the tough South Sangamon neighborhood of Chicago in the seventies, to a tour with the United States Army Military Police Corps where she completed Air Assault training, Sam knows what life can throw at you. When she encounters thugs of any stripe who ask her who she thinks she is, she's glad to stare them in the eyes and reply with a sardonic grin, "straight up bitch, comma optional". Sam's difficulties with her mother boil over into a heated exchange that she walks away from angry. Diana speaks with Hippie, one of their street sources, who is able to help them find a witness from an earlier investigation. The witness agrees to provide a statement, but refuses to come back from Tennessee. Sam must travel to Tennessee to obtain his statement, and perhaps get an idea of what her criminal defense attorney Bruce Halverson has been hinting about with problems in the drug court.