Deadly Campaign

by Michael Bracken

DEADLY CAMPAIGN / Covering City Hall during an election year was all the excitement reporter Dan Fox needed -- until he discovered Alderman Bill Franklin's bullet-ridden body. / Who killed the alderman? Why did they do it? Fox wants the story. Everyone else wants him. / Hit men, mob bosses, politicians, and They all have stories to tell, and Fox pieces them together while dodging bullets and fighting deadlines. / While Fox digs for the story, long-hidden secrets rise to the surface -- secrets that threaten the political fabric of the city -- and Fox soon discovers he's caught in the middle of a Deadly Campaign.

170 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1994

About the author

Although he is the author of several books—including the private eye novel All White Girls—Michael Bracken is better known as the author of more than 1,300 short stories published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Espionage, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, The Best American Mystery Stories and many other publications.

Bracken is editor of six crime fiction anthologies, including The Eyes of Texas and the three-volume Fedora series, and is co-editor (with Trey R. Barker) of the serial novella anthology series Guns + Tacos.

Bracken served one term as vice president of the Private Eye Writers of America and three terms as vice president of the Mystery Writers of America’s Southwest chapter.

Reviews

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an enjoyeable read about a comedy club owner solving mysteries on the side. I enjoyed reading about the comedy club life and I liked the characters, and the politics of the campaign. No surprises, but a nice read.