The Devil She Knows

Maureen Coughlin is in a rut. At twenty-nine, the Staten Island native fears she may become a lifer at the Narrows, the faux-swank bar where she works. Nursing a strained relationship with her mother, she seeks ambition in the little thingsa gym membership, a plan to return to school, a dash of cocaine before workbut theres no denying that shes stuck. Then, leaving work one night, Maureen walks in on a tryst between her coworker Dennis and Frank Sebastian, an aspiring politician....
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Maureen Coughlin is in a rut. At twenty-nine, the Staten Island native fears she may become a lifer at the Narrows, the faux-swank bar where she works. Nursing a strained relationship with her mother, she seeks ambition in the little thingsa gym membership, a plan to return to school, a dash of cocaine before workbut theres no denying that shes stuck. Then, leaving work one night, Maureen walks in on a tryst between her coworker Dennis and Frank Sebastian, an aspiring politician. Sebastian forces her into silence, and Maureen is more than happy to forget what shes seenuntil Dennis turns up dead. In her search for answers, Maureen finds new meaning in her life. But before she can track down Sebastian, he tracks down her mother. Soon, Maureen is bouncing all over Staten Island trying to protect her mother while staying one step ahead of Sebastian.