The devil in her way

the long version

Maureen Coughlin starts out her career with the New Orleans police force by being punched in the face by a man rushing out of an apartment building. Starting over in New Orleans as a newly minted member of the police force, Maureen Coughlin's transition from cocktail waitress to cop hasn't gone as smoothly as she'd hoped. She kicks off her final week of field training by taking a punch to the face as a panicked suspect flees an apartment building, leaving behind several guns and a stash of pot. But out on the street, on the fringes of the action, Maureen sees something transpire that leaves her shaken, and that leads her into the hidden corners of the city.