Deadline Man

by Talton, Jon

• ISBN13: 9781590587140
• ISBN10: 1590587146
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-01
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr

Summary

He's a man whose life is so intertwined with his job that we know him only as "the columnist." He writes for a newspaper in Seattle, isn't afraid to stir up trouble and keeps his life including his multiple lovers and his past in safe compartments. It's all about to be violently upended when he goes out on what seems like the most mundane of assignments, looking into a staid company that "never makes news." But from the moment one of his sources takes a dive off a downtown skyscraper, the columnist is plunged into a harrowing maze of murder, intrigue and secrets that powerful forces intend to keep hidden at all costs. All he has to go on is a corporate world where nothing is as it seems, increasingly menacing encounters with mysterious federal agents and the unsettling meme "eleven/eleven." Meanwhile, the paper itself is dying. The columnist joins with an aggressive young reporter to see if one explosive story can save a newspaper and much more. They're running to make the deadline of their lives and failure will bring lethal consequences. Deadline Manis Jon Talton at his best, a novel that is both electrifying and intelligent, capturing the romance and harsh reality of newspaper journalism while raising important questions that will haunt readers long after the fast-paced action ends.

Author Biography

Jon Talton is a fourth-generation Arizonan and the author of the David Mapstone mysteries, Concrete Desert, Cactus Heart, Camelback Falls, Dry Heat and Arizona Dreams. The Washington Post has lauded Talton as “a strong new voice in contemporary hardboiled fiction.” Dry Heat won the Arizona Highways Fiction Award in 2005. Arizona Dreams was a BookSense Pick. Jon’s writing was developed over 20 years as a journalist, working for newspapers in San Diego, Denver, Dayton, Cincinnati and Charlotte. Jon’s columns have appeared in newspapers throughout North America. In 2001, he returned to Phoenix as a columnist for the Arizona Republic. Before journalism, Jon worked as an ambulance medic in the inner city of Phoenix. He now lives in Seattle, Washington.