Larissa Laskin

Television reporter Britt Shelley, made her name by uncovering a story regarding arson at a police station and the deception surrounding it. Five years later, Britt wakes up next to the dead body of one of the detectives involved in the story, not remembering a thing that happened. Now, she's caught up in a web of corruption, involving not only the police department, but also major political players who have everything to lose if the truth is uncovered. (Amazon.com)

A street kid interrupts Nero Wolfe's dinner with his eyewitness account of a kidnapping. The next day, the boy is dead and his mother comes to the detective with her son's meager savings and dying wish to hire Wolfe to solve his murder. (imdb)