North Carolina - Feist and independent in a corporate age, small city publisher Isaiah Justice had planned to fight a hostile takeover of his newspaper. But a fatal dose of cyanide in his whiskey lands the Old Man in the obituaries instead.
Isaiah's son, Howard, and news reporter Leroy Hicks have only forty-eight hours to track down the killer - and persuade the papers other stockholders not to sell. Along the way, Howard must uncover some long-buried family secrets and confront some unplesant ghosts from his fathers past if he hopes to save the paper. ANd even if he and Leeroy uncover the real story, they may not live to make their deadline...
Fast, furious, deadline pace. Lots of surprises. Good read.
Isaiah's son, Howard, and news reporter Leroy Hicks have only forty-eight hours to track down the killer - and persuade the papers other stockholders not to sell. Along the way, Howard must uncover some long-buried family secrets and confront some unplesant ghosts from his fathers past if he hopes to save the paper. ANd even if he and Leeroy uncover the real story, they may not live to make their deadline...
Fast, furious, deadline pace. Lots of surprises. Good read.
Good adventure of a person trying to hold on to a business while evading a killer.
