Kali Dubois wants nothing more than to finish her last year of high school, move to the city, get into journalism and get out of the ho-hum suburbia that is Milbury, Connecticut.
Kali is quite average in many senses of the word, but there's something that sets her apart from her peers; her ability to rewind time. It's nothing extraordinary, though. She couldn't go back to the ancient Egyptians or the dawn of humanity or the Holocaust, preventing massive destruction of mankind from happening. She cannot go forward either. She is no superhero.
But she can go back a few seconds, minutes, sometimes even an hour or two if she tries hard enough, which is a power alone within itself. She's always taken her gift for granted, as she's had it for as long as she could remember, but she starts to see some real uses of her ability after experiencing the biggest shock of her life.
Last Friday night, Olivia Johnson, a selfless 18 year old senior at Silva High School is brutally murdered on her way home from her homecoming dance. Kali is determined to figured who killed Olivia and why she was killed. As Kali starts to unfold the case, she starts to see a new side of her power, and sides of her peers that she has never seen before. Will Kali be able to solve Olivia's case, or will the murderer get her before she knows too much?
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.