Dead Line

by Brian McGrory

Not long after receiving an explosive tip that the mayor's son, a longtime fugitive and career criminal, is a prime suspect in the unsolved theft of priceless treasures from the Gardner Museum, Boston reporter Jack Flynn discovers that the woman who had given him the tip has been murdered and that the crime is part of a vast conspiracy that has already cost the life of an innocent. Reprint.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery

528 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 30, 2003

About the author

Brian McGrory is a longtime newspaper reporter, editor, and columnist. Born and raised in and around Boston, he went to college at Bates College in Maine. He worked for the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, the New Haven Register in Connecticut, and has written for and edited the Boston Globe since 1989. He has a twice weekly column that appears on the front of the metro section, for which he has won the Scripps Howard journalism award, and is the author of four novels. He lives in Massachusetts with his entire family.

Reviews

[LATOYA JOVENA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clever. Funny.

[Kevin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Weak, predictable plot but that is not the worst part of this disaster!
The misogynistic, "cutsie" comments that took up 50% of the space in this book are not only unhelpful but just plain annoying!
Simply 372 pages of my reading life I can never get back.
I wish I could give it 0 ****

[Mayre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrific book,,,hope there is a sequel

[Karena · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finally finished this book. It amazes me that I have been reading it on and off since last year. I normally enjoy thrillers, but this book was a little slow in some parts. And it made me put down the book for a while, once I did that I had to force myself to pick it up again. There were times that I wanted to put the book down forever and start another one. But I was determined to finish it to the end, and I'm really proud of myself. What kept my interest was that it was based in my city, so it was cool to read about certain sections and streets of the city that were mentioned.

[Nike Chillemi · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this character driven political murder mystery, hero Newpaper reporter Jack Flyn comes of as an introspective and often funny guy. This is a well written story with a few problems. One is that I sorta knew in the right beginning who the bad guy was. If I tell you why, it will be a total spoiler for anyone who cares to read this book.

Liked the character, would read another McGrory book.

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have enjoyed this series and especially the newspaper characters..

[Joshua Rhee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Teehee

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

really enjoyed thi.s one