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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Rhode Island reporter Hallie Ahern needs her next story to land on the front page if she wants to keep her job. The new execs at the Morning Chronicle are cutting back the staff, and Hallie, the newest member of the investigative team, could be one of the first to go.
A one-car accident, even one that resulted in the death of a young mother of three, normally wouldn't be front-page material. But because Hallie witnessed it while coming home late on a rainy spring night, she can't get it out of her mind. With a little luck and a lot of digging, Hallie's good instincts put her on the trail of a much bigger story. And to get it, she'll to have to take some risks, but this time the stakes couldn't be any higher or more deadly.
A breakneck ride through Providence's crime world and a powerful look at Hallie's daily struggle with gambling addiction, Yesterday's Fatal will have readers holding on tight. Review:"In Brogan's solid third Hallie Ahern mystery (after 2005's A Confidential Source), the Providence, R.I., newspaper reporter homes in on an insurance scam after happening on a late-night auto accident. Hallie tries to rescue the victim from a car about to go up in flames, but the woman is already dead after crashing into a tree — 'twice,' according to the elderly woman who witnessed the accident. At the funeral for the victim — Lizzette Gorda, a 33-year-old mother of three boys — her husband, Manuel, says that the witness reported another car speeding away from the scene (a fishy change of tune), and Hallie notices mobster Tito Manaforte hulking among the mourners. Hallie smells an insurance scam that her addictive personality compels her to pursue. On the romantic front, a suave attorney distracts Hallie from her upstanding but undemonstrative new boyfriend, prosecutor Matt Cavanaugh. Intelligent but with her fair share of imperfections, Hallie makes a credible heroine." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Praise for A Confidential Source
"[Brogan] takes the reader with her on a hair-raising ride." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Brogan does a good job of creating a bristling plot and likable characters, while dosing the whole novel with elements of humor and satire that are original, accurate, and unexpected." --Publishers Weekly "Hallie Ahern is a journalist scraping the bottom of the media barrel in Jan Brogan's inventive and touching new mystery." --Chicago Tribune "Brogan's brooding analysis of the gambling itch that leaves so many decent people rubbed raw is especially persuasive in a narrator like Hallie." --The New York Times Book Review About the AuthorJan Brogan, a correspondent for The Boston Globe, lives between Boston and Providence. This is her third novel, following the critically acclaimed A Confidential Source. Visit her online at www.janbrogan.com. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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