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A Confidential Source

A Confidential Source, April 2005
by Jan Brogan

Mysterious Press
Featuring: Hallie Ahern; Matt Cavanaugh
336 pages
ISBN: 0892960078
Hardcover
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"An intense whodunit with interesting characters."

Fresh Fiction Review

A Confidential Source
Jan Brogan

Reviewed by Allyn Pogue
Posted May 16, 2005

Mystery

Investigative reporter Hallie Ahern left Boston in disgrace after compromising a story by sleeping with the accused. Now she's working as a lowly reporter in a little bureau office of The Providence Morning Chronicle in Rhode Island, trying to put her lonely, miserable life back together. It's hard though, when all the reporting she does is writing about neighborhood happenings. Having licked her drug demons, the only addiction Hallie can now afford is calling in to the late-night radio talk show, using a fake name and voicing her opinions on whatever subject is being discussed. Lately, those heated discussions have been about legalizing casino gambling in the area. One night, Hallie is in her local market buying groceries and a Lotto ticket, when she witnesses the gruesome murder of the store owner. She knows the police are wrong when they pursue it as a robbery gone bad. That's not what she saw, so her investigative nature takes over, and she becomes involved even further in trying to learn the truth. Then she receives valuable information about the deceased from a confidential source, and there's no turning back. Not even when she receives death threats, or when sexy Matt Cavanaugh from the attorney general's office pleads with Hallie to stop her meddling in the case. He knows, as does she now, that it could mean her life. This book starts off slowly, then becomes fast-paced as Hallie uncovers more clues to what really happened and why it's so important that she not discover the truth. I really enjoyed this intense mystery.

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SUMMARY

When Hallie Ahern, a struggling journalist addicted to late night talk radio, stops into her neighborhood market buy milk, she becomes the only witness to murder. It looks like an armed robbery gone awry, but Hallie gets a tip that it’s a bigger story. As she investigates the dangerous world of gambling and corruption in Providence, Rhode Island, she’ll learn that there’s no one she can trust and the race to the front page could cost her her life.


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