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Cover Story By Brenda Buchanan A Joe Gale Mystery Maine newspaper reporter
Joe Gale is at his best when covering the crime beat for the Portland Daily Chronicle.
In the dead of winter he heads Downeast to cover the murder trial of fisherman Danny
Boothby, charged with burying a fileting knife in the chest of politically
well-connected social worker Frank O’Rourke. O’Rourke held a thankless job in a hard
place. Many locals found him arrogant, but say he didn’t deserve to die. Others whisper
that O’Rourke got himself killed through his own rogue behavior. After Joe’s hard-nosed
reporting provokes someone to run him off an isolated road, he realizes his life depends
on figuring out not only who committed the murder, but who’s stalking him—O’Rourke’s
prominent brother, friends or enemies of the dead social worker or members of Boothby’s
family. As he digs deeper, Joe uncovers enough secrets and lies to fill a cemetery.
He’ll have to solve this one fast...or his next headline may be his own obituary. 83,470
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