First Friday — Eliza West

Agatha Maguire is a somatic psychotherapist who strives to help people resolve their problems by working to support the stress and tension patterns in both their bodies and their minds. When Carla Peterson, a successful and charismatic businesswoman with a problematic personal life comes into her clinic for a session, a ripple of complicated dynamics between Carla and some of Agatha's other clients ensues, climaxing at the clinic's open house when Carla dies under sudden and suspicious circumstances, making everyone present both a suspect and a witness. Enter Sergeant Velasquez, a formidable detective on the Santa Cruz police force. As Agatha continues to see her clients and study the web of connections between them, she remains one step ahead of the police investigation, ultimately putting herself in danger when she rushes to attempt to prevent a second murder. Set in the small city of Santa Cruz, First Friday is a study of human psychology and the heart – but take heed when you follow the line of tension to its source.Hypnogogic hallucinations, love triangles and financial deception abound as Agatha unravels the ways in which her clients' secrets intertwine.