Below the Fold
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Publisher Description
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Gold Winner for Mystery
When the murder of a "nobody" triggers an avalanche
Every human life is supposed to be important. Everyone should matter. But that's not the case in the cutthroat TV news-rating world where Clare Carlson works. Sex, money, and power sell. Only murder victims of the right social strata are considered worth covering. Not the murder of a "nobody."
So, when the battered body of a homeless woman named Dora Gayle is found on the streets of New York City, her murder barely gets a mention in the media. But Clare—a TV news director who still has a reporter's instincts—decides to dig deeper into the seemingly meaningless death. She uncovers mysterious links between Gayle and a number of wealthy and influential figures.
There is a prominent female defense attorney; a scandal-ridden ex-congressman; a decorated NYPD detective; and—most shocking of all—a wealthy media mogul who owns the TV station where Clare works.
Soon there are more murders, more victims, more questions. As the bodies pile up, Clare realizes that her job, her career, and maybe even her life are at stake as she chases after her biggest story ever.
Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Robert Crais
While all of the novels in the Clare Carlson Mystery Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:
Yesterday's News
Below the Fold
The Last Scoop
Beyond the Headlines
It's News to Me
Broadcast Blues (coming 2024)
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An unpersuasive portrayal of the news business and a tired plotline mar Belsky's sequel to 2018's Yesterday's News, which introduced New York City TV news director Clare Carlson. The implausible backstory doesn't help. Carlson won a Pulitzer for reporting on a kidnapping and presumed murder, without revealing that the 11-year-old victim, Lucy Devlin, was actually the daughter she'd given up for adoption. Carlson is now searching for Lucy, having learned that the girl is still alive. Meanwhile, her boss, media mogul Brendan Kaiser, is linked to a sensational murder case. Someone battered Grace Mancuso to death with a replica of the Statue of Liberty in her Manhattan apartment. Mancuso was an investment firm employee who testified about her colleagues' fraud scheme. Near her corpse is a list of names, including Kaiser's, which prompts Carlson to try to solve the killing and discover how the names are connected with each other. Thin characters, incongruities, and errors make suspension of disbelief a challenge.
