One Small Victory

One Small Victory by Maryann Miller

I could never imagine losing one of my kids to a car accident and hope I never have to go through it. However, this is exactly what happens to Jenny. Her oldest son Micheal dies in a car accident when his friend Brad is driving while on drugs. Brad lost control trying to drive to fast around a corner, killing Micheal almost instantly.

Through her grief, Jenny decides to join the drug task force that the police have formed to stop the drug trafficking in the small town. The task force is not meant for civilians so she had to push her way onto the force by proving she could handle it. As soon as she was excepted on the force she was informed that she is to be a secret informant. That meant she could not tell anyone, not her kids, not her mother and not her best friend.

Jenny had a hard time not telling anyone. She always believed in honesty and having to lie to everyone tore her up. Her son, Scott, because suspicious when she started going out almost every night dressed in slutty clothes. Scott started to call Jenny's ex-husband, his father, to complain and when he threatened to take action to take the kids from her, she started to wonder if she is doing the right thing.

I enjoyed this book. The fight that a mother takes to try to make her town a little safer and to keep drugs away from the kids she has left. I read this book in two days and stayed interested till the end. I would recommend this book to anyone who has kids and to all that like a good suspense book.