As The Wicked Watch by Tamron Hall

A journalist finds herself caught up in the all too real disappearance and dismissal of a young girl from the south side of Chicago.  TV journalist Jordan Manning is not from Chicago but when she digs into the disappearance of a smart beautiful teenage girl who should have had her whole life ahead of her but instead was dismissed as just another black runaway it hits her like a gut punch.  She gets to know the family and takes much more interest than the police which also puts her in danger. This is a crime thriller whose other life as a tv journalist is well aquainted in the world of which she writes.  Tamron Hall has found a niche where through her book she acts as an advocate for those cases the police don't take as seriously as they do if the crime were committed in another part of the city.  She also encourages journalists to get back to hard investigating these stories that get swept under the rug.  This is the first book in the series and one I am looking forward to following. I think readers of true crime will enjoy this fictional but realistic story.  4 stars