Excerpt from Hard News by Alix Christie
27/10/08 20:24
This beautifully crafted mystery takes reporter
Kathryn Quinn home again to northern California where
she spends a six-month "stress" leave from her post
at the Boston News-Record. Still reeling from the
repercussions of a mistakenly revealed source,
Kathryn has sworn off journalism of any kind, but the
disappearance of a local college student, and the
intimate involvement of a childhood friend, pull
Kathryn back into reporting. The myriad characters
and lush California setting are palpable, and
snippets of other journalists' filed stories on the
case make a profound comment on the nature of truth
in reporting. The author's explorations into
journalistic ethics and procedure are as riveting as
the murder case itself. This unique look at murder,
friendship, journalism and responsibility through a
reporter's eyes is an absorbing read. -- manuscript
review by Publishers Weekly, an independent
organization
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