Disappointed in the major build up of who done it to be summed up in just a sentence or two.

stumbled across this book while traveling and finished the book I had brought. Liked her dad as a president (history books not personal life) so thought I would give her writing a try. Liked it quite a bit.

One of my favorite series.
Read these with my Dear Mother.
Read in 2008.

Fast-paced, with many suspicious characters and a character study of Wilcox that is somewhat disturbing. Recommended mystery.

Not my kind of book but fun for a change. Nice light mystery. good summer read to pass the time but not very intelligent. Flat characters. Overly dramatic, etc.

I wanted to be entertained, but too many things did not ring true, not internally consistent, etc. Too bad!

This is a mediocre but relatively satisfying who-done-it. This book is fast and easy to read, good for when you need a simple distraction for a few nights.

Joe Wilcox is a cops reporter nearing retirement. He has been a competent and ethical reporter over the years, but is still looking for that one big story which will leave its mark over the years. He is tested by a murder which occurs right under his nose at his paper. He is tempted to cut corners to sensationalize the story, he succumbs and must bear the consequenses. I started this book a couple of years ago, and quit. Since I am reaching retirement it was painful to read about someone flaming out at the end of their career.

Unconvincing.

I'm not a big fan of these books, but this one was interesting to me as a former journalist. It's topical, with the recent cases of newspapers becoming the story themselves, and there are intriguing insights into the world of news gathering.

M Tru

I wanted to like this a lot more, as I generally like Margaret Truman books, but this one just didn't do it for me. Characters just did things that seemed improbable, and I had a hard time getting into it.