The Widow’s Second Alibi

A 60 Minute Mystery Romance

By: Gene Uhlig

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She agreed to help him prove he didn’t do it.
She never expected to be the reason he once did.
Mara Ellison runs a quiet bookstore and keeps her past carefully unnamed. When a guarded man walks in asking for an alibi, she recognizes his name immediately—and says nothing.
What begins as a simple request turns into a measured investigation built on coffee, research, and shared restraint. The man insists he is innocent this time. Mara believes him. What unsettles her is not the present crime, but the older one he has never confessed.
Years ago, Mara was listed as his alibi for something he did commit.
He has been searching for her ever since—not to hide the truth, but to finally face it.
As authorities circle and the past begins to surface, Mara must decide whether silence is still protection—or whether telling the truth now is the only way forward.
The Widow’s Second Alibi is a clean, emotionally driven short romance about accountability, authorship, and what happens when love refuses to disappear quietly.
Designed to be read in one sitting, this is a story where the mystery does not demand absolution—and the romance grows not from forgiveness, but from choice.