The Last Scoop
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Publisher Description
The scariest kind of serial killer—one you don't know exists
Martin Barlow was Clare Carlson's first newspaper editor, a beloved mentor who inspired her career as a journalist. But, since retiring from his newspaper job, he had become a kind of pathetic figure—railing on about conspiracies, cover-ups, and other imaginary stories he was still working on. Clare had been too busy with her own career to pay much attention to him.
When Martin Barlow is killed on the street one night during an apparent mugging attempt gone bad, it seems like he was just an old man whose time had come.
But Clare—initially out of a sense of guilt for ignoring her old friend and then because of her own journalistic instincts—begins looking into his last story idea. As she digs deeper and deeper into his secret files, she uncovers shocking evidence of a serial killer worse than Son of Sam, Ted Bundy, or any of the other infamous names in history.
This really is the biggest story of Martin Barlow's career—and Clare's, too—as she uncovers the path leading to the decades-long killer of at least twenty young women. All is not as it seems during Clare's relentless search for this serial killer. Is she setting herself up to be his next victim?
Clare Carlson is perfect for fans of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone and Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski
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)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Belsky's captivating third Clare Carlson mystery (after 2019's Below the Fold), Clare, the news director of a New York City TV station, looks into the death of retired journalist Marty Barlow, her friend and mentor when she was a cub reporter. Marty stopped by her office one day recently to tell her he was working on the biggest story of his life. Before they could meet up to discuss it in depth, Marty was killed in an apparent random mugging. Clare, however, believes his death is the result of his research into a possible serial killer, and she soon realizes that this could be the biggest story of her career as well. Clare's clear-eyed narration ("I am a woman who deals in lies for a living") propels the story, balancing dynamic action with contemplative passages that reveal her complicated personal and professional life. Belsky's experience as a journalist provides fascinating insights and a sense of authenticity. Readers will look forward to seeing more of doggedly determined Clare.
