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.

Suspenseful and creepy. Not sure I'll be able to sleep tonight after finishing this but it was a fun read.

Margaret Truman's books have a certain sameness to them. She was a very nice woman and just couldn't write about really bad people, so most of her criminals are that way because of circumstances.

Forty years ago, Joe Wilcox's older brother. Michael brutally murdered a teenaged neighbor girl and was sent to a mental hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity. No time is spent on whether he really WAS insane, or just used that defense to save his life.

Now, a woman reporter at Joe's newspaper, The Washington Tribune, has been killed in the newsroom!! And Michael has re-appeared, having been judged sane and released. But, Joe doesn't know about Michael, nor does his daughter, Roberta, a rising TV journalist. Michael makes himself known, appearing as charming and a talented guitarist and chef.

Then Joe commits an absolutely unbelievable (and TOTALLY out of character!) crime, which for me ruined the rest of the book.

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

In lieu of moving my life 3,000 miles my book goal for the year got slightly skewed... After the start of unpacking and being desperate for a book and having this one be the one I found... It still wasnt all & all awful, but it was more like a re-heated Cromwell/Patterson book. This genre is in some serious need of a re-vamp.

While we all know what Truman is famous for... and if you don't stop reading only the comics in the paper, she's not an awful writer, but I'm fairly certain publishers can do better in creativity than this one. Snooooooze.

An interesting but odd mystery. It was ok.

ilike her work.

Two young, females in the media business are murdered, and the hunt is on. The police don't think they are serial murders, but Joe Wilcox, who is afraid for his daughter, Roberta, a young, attractive, female newscaster, does. He is at the end of his journalistic career (crime reporter and wanting to prove he is as good as the young hotshot in the newsroom. To complicate matters, his just-out-of-prison brother shows up and ingratiates himself into Roberta's life. Lies, compromised ethics, deception - all part of the story. I prefer Mac Smith stories, but this is pretty good.

it was a ling rambling style book. I found the characters somewhere between whiney and annoying. it was too long and I lost interest I. the journalism setting long before the books was done. I doubt I would listen to another audio book by this author.

Two young women and one elderly man are killed in this book. But the plot is less about the murders than it is about the reporters covering the story: Washington Tribune crime reporter Joe Wilcox, and his daughter, television reporter Roberta Wilcox. The "obvious" suspect, the long-lost brother, whom I thought was a red herring, turns out not to be quite so fishy after all.

(Here are some suggested areas of improvement which I found in the Hardcover version of Murder At The Washington Tribune:

Page 11, The Washington Tribune's recently opened the Detroit bureau / The Washington Tribune's recently opened Detroit bureau (remove "the" before "Detroit") ; 36, Her former roommate might by pushing thirty / Her former roommate might BE pushing thirty ; 41, No you wouldn't, Georgia / No, you wouldn't, Georgia ; 62, I may try and talk with them / I may try TO talk with them ; 68, No I didn't / No, I didn't ; 76, Feeling better now though / Feeling better now, though ; 107, London Bridges Falling Down / London BRIDGE IS Falling Down ; 156, and wiled away the time / and WHILED away the time ; 163, to try and spare Michael's life / to try TO spare Michael's life ;

Page 204, going to try and scoop me / going to try TO scoop me ; 236, not to try and force another / not to try TO force another ; 237, forgive him his sins and---" / forgive him his sins and--- (quotation mark should be removed; this is an indirect quote) ; 238, having phone trouble he reasoned / having phone trouble, he reasoned ; 262, She'll try and lowball you / She'll try TO lowball you ; 264, Thanks guys / Thanks, guys ; 269, Joseph was such good boy / Joseph was such A good boy ; 315, to try and retain the plug / to try TO retain the plug .)

Okay, I didn't finish this. In fact, I didn't finish listening to the first disc of the audio book. It just didn't grab me. It's the first Capital Crimes book I haven't enjoyed.

This was another intriguing murder mystery by Margaret Truman set in Washington at the fictitious Washington Tribune newspaper. This book did not feature or even mention Mac and Annabelle Smith, usual characters included in this series. A gripping story of a seasoned newspaper reporter and his tv daughter reporter, a rising media star, dealing with some of the same murders to report and the added complication of an old murder in their own family. How they handled their confidential sources and facts of the investigations were woven into a fascinating story that offered twists, turns, and surprises.