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Hard News

by Mark T. Sullivan · 1995

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From the author of The Fall Line comes the story of Gideon McCarthy, a Southern California reporter trying to pull it back together. When a series of murders occurs, breaking the story could be his only chance to save his career. Competing with an ambitious female reporter from a rival paper, McCarthy looks for the truth in the one place no reporter dares.

Genre
thrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
Themes
journalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 386 pages

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