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

The last of my official beach reads this year carried into the next week; its amazingly difficult to balance reading with little people in the house.
Multiple murders set the stage for a possible serial killer at the Washington newspaper. Writer Joe Wilcox finds himself in the midst of all the action.
Very enjoyable, with a easy lobs but also a couple of twists I didnt see coming.

This was not as good as some of the others. It had a phycological thriller component to it and there wasn't as much of the jusicy DC gossip in this. It did manage to keep me turning those pages to find out "Who done it".

Narrator for audio version was dreadful. Same dull, dry voice was the same for every character. Got halfway through and gave up. Like watching paint dry.

Not a well-written mystery. The perp was pretty obvious, particularly because there were no other reasonable suspects. The protag wasn't engaging or likable, and I wouldn't have kept reading except that I wanted to read a book featuring a journalist at a DC paper.

Margaret Truman has made a name for herself writing novels set in Washington Institutions. This is set in the offices and atmosphere of Washington Journalism. It has very nice elements...the struggle over the evolving nature of journalism...print vs TV, young vs old...a strangely compeeling personal story behind crime reporter Joe Wilcox's descent into corruption.

Just when I think I know who dunit - Truman's story makes a turn and I yet again intrigued as to the who and why of it all. I will be reading others in this series!

Not one likable person in this book. I got pretty tired of the cutthroat attitude between father and daughter and all the other reporters, police, etc. but I guess the story they are chasing is more important than being civil to each other. Mz Truman, being her father's daughter, is a Democrat, and had a lot bad to say about conservatives. I knew the moment one of the characters was described as having a ahem...R... after his name, he would be the killer (plus, they are always made to be the most unsavory people). Well, as it turned out, just one of the victims was of his doing--another drunk with an R after his name.
After slogging through pages and pages of useless words and unimportant situations, everything was wrapped up in a couple pages of the last chapter. Oh--and one of the murders was never solved.

Perspective look at Washington through journalism.

In the interest of full disclosure, this is the first mystery I've ready by Truman (so I'm a little slow). And, I'm not a DC denizen, so I have no idea how accurate, or not, some of the details are.

There were many things I enjoyed about this book, a mystery that centers with, yes, a murder at a newspaper. The relationship, and tension, between Joe Wilcox, Tribune crime reporter, and Roberta Wilcox, daughter and television reporter, was a good one. The pride, and concern, they had for each other, as well as the fear of getting scooped -- in part because of the immediacy, or not, of their media forms -- made for a sometimes complex dance. The back, and present, story of Joe's brother, who committed a crime so heinous that he had, for all intents and purposes, been erased from Joe's life, adds an interesting twist. I also enjoyed Joe's wrestling with feeling dates in his job, being pushed towards retirement, and principles of journalistic integrity. One little pebble can cause big ripples in the pond.

I figured several things out way before Joe, Roberta and the police did. There were a few bouncing balls that I started to wonder if they were red herrings, only to have them actually float back and be, well, pretty important. Some characters in the book were less well fleshed out than they could have been, including wife/mom Georgia. But I'm willing to give Truman another try (or three).

A young woman who works at the "Washington Tribune" is strangled in the office building. another young woman who works in the media is found dead. Is there a serial killer?
Joe wilcox, who has worked at the "Tribune" for years tries to push the idea of a serial killer.
Joe's daughter works in TV and he is concerned about her safety.
In the middle of all of this Joe's brother who has been in a mental institution for 40 years shows up and pushes his way into Joe's family and not everyone is comfortable about this.

Nice, interesting mystery although a little dated in parts. Technology has advanced quite a bit in 12 years but I still enjoyed the book.