Scoop-O-Rama
In his latest Clare Carlson mystery, Beyond The Headlines, all the hallmarks of Dick Belsky’s robust storytelling skills are on display – snappy patter, an unsinkable main character, an insider’s knowledge of newsrooms, a fast pace and more twists and turns than a corkscrew in a wine bar at happy hour.
Center stage is Belsky’s marvelous character, Clare Carlson, a pro’s pro at digging up the truth but blessed with a personal life as tidy as a train wreck. Like the author himself, Carlson is an award-winning newspaper reporter – ink-stained wretch is another term for it – turned TV news director. Local news, maybe, but playing in that giant fishbowl of a city that never sleeps.
Unlike most real-life news directors, Clare repeatedly lets loose the hard-wired reflex of most reporters, chasing the Big Story herself and doggedly digging up scoops when most of the pack has wandered…
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