by Jon Talton (Author)
He's a man we know only as "the columnist." He writes for a newspaper in Seattle, isn't afraid to stir up trouble, and keeps his life--including his multiple lovers and his past--in safe compartments. But it's all about to be violently upended when he goes out on what seems like the most mundane of assignments, looking into a staid company that "never makes news."
The moment one of his sources takes a dive off a downtown skyscraper, the columnist is plunged into a harrowing maze of murder, intrigue, and secrets that powerful forces intend to keep hidden at all costs. All he has to go on is a corporate world where nothing is as it seems, increasingly menacing encounters with mysterious federal agents, and the unsettling meme "eleven/eleven."
Meanwhile, the paper itself is dying. So the columnist joins with an aggressive young reporter to see if one explosive story can save a newspaper. Soon they're running to make the deadline of their lives....
Author Biography
Author Jon Talton is a fourth-generation Arizonan and the author of the David Mapstone mysteries, "Concrete Desert, Cactus Heart, Camelback Falls, Dry Heat" and "Arizona Dreams." The "Washington Post "has lauded Talton as "a strong new voice in contemporary hardboiled fiction." "Dry Heat" won the Arizona Highways Fiction Award in 2005. "Arizona Dreams" was a BookSense Pick, based on the recommendations of hundreds of independent bookstores. Jon's writing was developed over 20 years as a journalist, working for newspapers in San Diego, Denver, Dayton, Cincinnati and Charlotte. Jon's columns have appeared in newspapers throughout North America. In 2001, Jon returned to Phoenix as a columnist for the Arizona Republic. Before journalism, Jon worked as an ambulance medic in the inner city of Phoenix. He now lives in Seattle, Washington.
Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN
Publication Date: May 18, 2012
