Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Off the Air introduces Jolene Garcia in Emmy Award–winning reporter Christina Estes’s Tony Hillerman Prize–winning debut. Jolene Garcia is a local TV reporter in Phoenix, Arizona, splitting her time between covering general assignments—anything from a monsoon storm to a newborn giraffe at the zoo—and special projects. Stories that take more time to research and produce. Stories that Jolene wants to tell.
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A man’s death brings out the competitiveness in the journalistic world where the workings of a newsroom take center stage.
This was a well-written and fast-paced drama that I could not put down. The author knows how to tell a story that immediately pulled you in and there was no chance of getting off this roller coaster ride. The mystery was nicely executed with a pool of suspects, and a few strategically placed twists that kept me both intrigued and in suspense as I tried to figure out who did what to whom. With visually descriptive narrative, I felt I was part of the action and was rooting Jolene on as each clue led to another and finally the one piece that led to the apprehension of the killer. Overall, this was an enjoyable whodunit and hope to read more works by this author.
Genre: Traditional Mystery
Release: March 26, 2024
Format: Print, Digital
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FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.