Newspaper Crime

Six weeks. Just forty-two short days. That’s all it takes to rip the heart out of a city and change the lives of those who live there. Forever. One such life belongs to Ryan Jarrod. In the early hours of a wet winter’s morning on Tyneside, Ryan Jarrod approaches the end of his second shift as a Special Constable when he stumbles across the body of a savagely beaten Teddy McGuffie, a down-at-heel taxi driver. On the same night, an explosion rips through the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne’s student community. Casualties are high; the city brought to a standstill. And the University blast ...

Since her first day on the Miami Herald, rookie reporter Deborah Jones has been agitating for a shot at one particular story. William Craig is on death row, convicted of killing Senator Jack O'Neill's only son. There is no question of his guilt. Craig murdered the young man who was acquitted of raping his granddaughter. There are only five weeks and one day until his execution. And Craig has not given a single interview. She wants to know what prompted Craig to exact revenge.

History hides its most dangerous secrets in Bloomsville… When a Revolutionary War painting vanishes, a chilling legend resurfaces, and an explosive newspaper investigation threatens to expose the town’s deepest scandals, amateur sleuth Grace Thompson and her friends find themselves in the center of Bloomsville’s biggest mysteries yet. This exclusive box set includes three full-length cozy mysteries filled with small-town charm, clever twists, spirited sleuths, and the cutest four-legged detectives around. Join Grace, Chloe, Tom, Oscar, Matilda, and Benji as they uncover buried truths...

A dying convict's last request thrusts small-town newspaperman Jefferson Morgan into a deadly maelstrom as he explores a 50-year-old case of child murder - a wound his town still isn't ready to scrape open. Under the heaviest deadline of his life, and amid threats from unexpected foes, Morgan must struggle with his own conscience to tell a story no matter the consequences, dig deep into the town's past, and unveil a killer who's managed to remain hidden in plain sight for almost 50 years.

Little Brian Wilcox's murder is the hottest story in Scotland. Every major newspaper crowds its pages with stories examining the crime from every angle. If only Paddy Meehan could get a scoop on the case. A nationally syndicated story would surely launch her fledgling journalism career out of the free local rag she's been working at.

A detective mystery crime thriller set in London during the early 20th century. On a fateful morning in June 1912, the quiet, ominous streets of London reveal a sinister secret to Mullins, a hardworking sub-editor for the Watchman newspaper. As he finishes a late shift, an encounter with Policeman Etheridge drags him into a chilling murder investigation. The victim is an unidentified man, discovered with a clue that leads Mullins into the depths of a mystery brimming with deceit, scandal, and peril. Determined to uncover the truth, Mullins partners with the named individual on the cryptic ...

The question is not whether monsters walk among us. They do. They have. For thousands of years. On the borders of humdrummia and every day reality, be it the forest’s edge or a moonlit graveyard draped in gossamer spiders’ webs, the macabre is all about. For our souls, our sanity, the vital question to answer is: Just WHERE are all these blankety-blank monsters? Santa Clarita is a riparian bedroom community, an hour’s drive north of Los Angeles. It’s been home to giant, man-eating grizzly bears, ghosts, serial killers, devil cults, more ghosts, Bigfoot, werewolf encounters, UFO ...

Hood's life is falling apart, but he's in no mood for grieving – he's in the mood for killing. He targets the ultra rich, blaming them for all his problems. The unraveling of his life begins with the loss of his job to cutbacks. The downward spiral continues with the loss of his house, wife and daughter – everything that matters to a man, including pieces of his mind, if not all of it. His killing spree shakes the nation's economy as captains of industry become more timid in every way. His "Killer's Manifesto" appears in newspapers from coast to coast and his message to the masses is so...

Before Rachel Kim broke the story that exposed a pattern of administrative deaths. Before she followed seven missing women into the most dangerous investigation of her career. There was the first story. On her first day at The Sentinel, investigative journalist Rachel Kim is handed a cold file nobody wanted — the accidental drowning of Claire Calloway, twenty-four, daughter of one of the city's most prominent families. The case was closed. The family accepted the verdict. A veteran reporter spent six weeks on it and found nothing. Rachel finds something. A figure in a photograph that ...

A Digital Predator. A Missing Woman. A Race Against Time. A woman vanishes online. A digital predator is watching. And every second brings another life closer to ending. When Emily Underwood disappears in front of thousands of loyal followers, the police dismiss it as another runaway influencer chasing attention. But Emily’s fans know something is wrong—terribly wrong—and they turn to the only people who will listen: the struggling St. Isidore Chronicle. Joy is a reporter who is desperate for a story big enough to revive her career—and to save the small-town newspaper that’s ...

"Wow! This is my reaction to this book. Without a doubt my favorite of the series. Phenomenal writing as always. The obsession is portrayed in such a real way that I get goosebumps just by thinking about all the emotions I felt while reading this book" - 5-star Goodreads review. DI Barney Mains blames himself for the grotesque murder of a top banker in France. He's obsessed with the belief that he allowed a near-mythical assassin to escape certain death to kill again. And when a duplicate murder is reported 1000 miles away in Barney's home town in Scotland, the guilt drives him ever closer ...

A homicide crisis began sweeping America after massive quantities of cocaine first began their journey into America in 1986. Drugs were trucked along the highways of the Cocaine Trail to every city in America. This influx of a deadly new drug led directly to a series of record deaths from overdoses, suicides and crime-related murders, family breakdowns and destroyed lives. Drugs are credited with driving the highest homicide rates in American history and a raging turf war between street gangs.

'Complex, completely convincing characters and twist you'll never guess' ALEX MICHAELIDES 'Beautifully structured and peopled with unforgettable characters this is story-telling of the highest order: do not miss it' DAILY MAIL THE WORLD KNOWS HER AS THE GIRL IN CELL A. Convicted of murder at...

In a stately West Village town house, a wealthy socialite and her secretary are murdered. In the 24 hours that follow, a flurry of activity surrounds their shocking deaths: The head of one of the city's last tabloids stops the presses. A cop investigates the killing. A reporter chases the story...

Rachel O'Rourke, a reporter for The Fairbanks Star newspaper in Alaska has been assigned the task of writing an article on the Denali National Park Canine Rangers. Although the assignment could boost her career as a journalist, and she loves the sled dogs, she dreads going back to Healy where painful memories from two years ago are sure to resurface. Denali Park Ranger, Liam Chadwick, loves his job with the canine rangers. He hasn't felt the need for a woman in his life and is content to work with the dogs, fellowship with his co-workers, and volunteer with search and rescue during time off...

Which of the following short stories would you read first? A.) A stubborn donkey challenges a Tennessee race horse. B.) A chess match ends in bloodshed. C.) Two sisters beg a funeral director to play their daddy's favorite Johnny Cash song. D.) A shooter takes aim from a church baptistry. E.) Two astronauts survive a horrific spinout only to return to earth and find everybody else walking around in super slow motion. Why not read them all? They're all in this far-flung collection of short stories and more. Scroll up and get them now with just one click.

Note: If you’re interested in the Virtual Voice audio version of this or any of my books, please read to the end of this introduction. Is a crime solved when the criminals are identified, or only after they are brought to justice? This is a mystery born from that question. The story includes many twists and turns, even after one crime is solved. It features characters, including the bad guys, who grow in ways that might surprise you—in fact, you may come to like some of the bad guys. The book includes well-researched circumstances that will take you from delight to frustration while ...

In one of her escapades as a reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, the renowned Nellie Bly feigned insanity in 1889 and slipped, undercover, behind the grim walls of Blackwell's Island mental asylum. She emerged ten days later with a vivid tale about life in a madhouse. Her asylum articles merged sympathy and sensationalism, highlighting a developing professional identity—that of the American newspaperwoman.

Angie is just settling into her quiet life as a small-town newspaper reporter, and has vowed to stay out of trouble this time, no matter what. But when her dog Bernie fathers pups with the dog of a newly arrived white supremacist militia member, she can't help but get involved. So much for staying out of trouble! Angie Kramer, reporter and advice columnist for The Marietta Times, receives a letter from a young boy whose mother has disappeared. Her efforts to help the boy lead her to a charismatic white supremacist running for mayor, and lead Bernie to his doggy soul-mate. The ostensible ...

Angie thought working as a reporter for a small town weekly newspaper would be peaceful and safe. She was dead wrong. Angie Kramer fled Chicago and her abusive husband, taking only her clothes, her car, and her big dog, Bernie. She finds a job as a reporter for a weekly newspaper in rural Wyoming. It's a safe job, in a safe place...at first. But a letter sent to Angie's advice column puts her in danger. A man befriended an elderly gentleman and then stole ten million dollars from his estate. His sister asks if she should turn him in to the police? Or try to find the rightful heirs? Angie ...