1955 and Jordan Walsh was conveniently named by her parents with a gender neutral name to hopefully help get her ahead at a time where women's options were limited - and it did! Jordan gets a job at the Chicago tribune on the society news, but she has hopes to move to the city desk to be able to report the "real news."

What I loved reading was watching Jordan in a man's world during a time where women weren't welcome beyond the home and seeing that Jordan's being a female actually helped her get to the heart of a story faster. I loved that Jordan came from a family of writers and although she is following in her family's "trade", I didn't feel as though this got her the job at the Tribune and I liked seeing her work hard to get the stories and jobs she wanted.

With the underlining plot of Jordan trying to find out what happened to her brother and if the accident was honestly an accident or a murder, I liked that this gave the story depth and gave it more than just a women trying to get a dream job in 1955. I appreciated reading how she used her job to become a detective to find the truth and expose what happened to her brother.

Renee Rosen is a historical fiction author that I love to read as each book focuses on a woman in a moment of time and how they navigated the life and times that they were living in. I have read three out of the seven of Renee Rosen's books and I hope to close that gap this year.

This is a well-written, exciting novel with developed characters and a mystery that captures the reader's attention. Jordan Walsh is a determined, ambitious reporter who pushes through Chicago's corruption, and strives to achieve justice and give her family closure for her brother's tragic death. Renee Rosen is a very talented writer and I look forward to reading more of her work! I have recommended this novel widely, and gave it five stars on Goodreads.

Being a woman journalist in the 1950’s means writing the society section. That is not where Jordan Walsh is going to settle for staying. Jordan is a woman that steps outside of the box and chases down leads that are not always appropriate for a woman to follow. Even when the men in the industry try to put her in her place and keep her in check she steps out and does what she thinks her brother would have done.

I enjoyed that there was more to the story than Jordan just being a journalist. Her home life was just as intriguing to me. I could not imagine living through the hardship that she has. The fact that she lives in her brother’s shadow and gets no attention for her accomplishments from her mother or father makes me sad for her. She deserves to be recognized as the journalist she is working so hard to be, yet does not know how to get there.

Her romantic life is just as interesting. The man she is dating is also a dating. At no point in the story did I like him. He was selfish, obnoxious, and just not very nice to Jordan. There was no support and he had no reason other than jealousy to not be proud of her accomplishments and supportive of her hard work.

If you are looking for a romance book, this may not be what you are looking for. This is a book with romance in it, but it is truly a story of a woman in the 1950’s pushing the boundaries that women have been stuck in. Jordan is a woman who knows what she wants in life and realizes she doesn’t need a man to get her there.