Amanda B. (TextAddict) - reviewed on 7/1/2009 + 15 more book reviews

For over twenty years Charlie McNally has year after year produced blockbuster stories for the Channel 3 news to win the November ratings contest. Now at 46, she is starting to worry about her stories being number one to keep from getting fired and replaced with someone half her age with a smaller salary. This year to add to the pressure she has a new boss, so she knows she must come up with the story of a lifetime.

Charlie is assigned to go interview the wife of an accident victim and while there the wife asks Charlie why she ignored her husbands emails before his death. Back at her office she digs through the email trash and learns he sent the same email to two other people and that it is a bit cryptic.

She starts asking more questions and thinks she may be on to something big. The accident has now been ruled as suicide but Charlie's not so sure. Her own investigation leads her straight to Josh Gelston whom is very helpful and very handsome, but is he too helpful? Can she trust him or will she end up as a victim in the next lead story?

This story had the makings to be a very good book with good characters, humor, suspense, and a nice plot. However, the story was told in first person and I found myself struggling to stay interested. It was very jumpy from thought to thought, then back to someone talking, then back to the thoughts in her head and I couldn't stay focused on the book. If you like stories told in first person you will enjoy this light read but I'm not sure that I personally will pick up book two.

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