A Real Shot in the Arm - Large Print Author:Annette Roome Fed up with household chores and an uncaring husband, English mother Chris Martin, 40, gets a job on the small local paper, trading one form of drudgery for another until she happens on the body of a teacher who appears to have hanged himself, but who really died of a heroin overdose. — Chris and wisecracking reporter Pete Schiavo, who soon beds ... more »her, uncover blackmail, a crooked real estate deal, bribery, police corruption, and a drug connection.« less