Reporter Noir 2
(2024)An omnibus of novels by Don Kingery, James Howard Kunstler, Carolyn Weston and Robert Wilder
Four full novels of murder, sex, passion, betrayal and journalism... as reporters delve into the deepest, darkest reaches of noir to get their stories.
I LIKE IT TOUGH by James Howard
It's 1955 in Neon City, USA. The vice syndicate's slimy tentacles stretched everywhere through the corrupt city and only reporter Steve Ashe knows the dark story behind the multi-million dollar traffic in dope and white slavery. And because he knows...he's a walking dead man.
"This powerful story of a reporter destroying a vicious dope ring is raw and electric with suspense from beginning to end." Real Magazine
FACE OF MY ASSASSIN by Carolyn Weston & Jan Huckins
It's 1959. Matthew Scott is a widowed, alcoholic reporter from New York who seeks personal and professional redemption when he's sent to the Deep South to write about a town that is defying a U.S. Supreme Court decision to integrate blacks into schools. His mere presence is a catalyst that ignites long-buried racial, political, religious, and personal conflicts among the residents, both white and black, ripping the town apart. Those tensions violently explode when Scott is falsely arrested by the bigoted, tyrannical sheriff for the rape and murder of an out-spoken black schoolteacher.
"An exciting melodrama dealing with integration in the South...a thorough examination of southern racial attitudes. The book has the power to move and enlighten readers." Los Angeles Times
GOODTIME GIRL by Don Kingery
'Jack Candless is a drunken, cynical, 32-year-old newspaper reporter who covers a rape case in a small, Louisiana town, hoping the sordid story of a sweet, innocent young woman being brutally violated in a rice field will make national headlines, saving his career and his marriage. Instead, he discovers nothing is what it seems, and that a far more frightening story of raw lust and corruption is buried in the dark, violent heart of the bayou.
WALK WITH EVIL by Robert Wilder
There is little chance of redemption in Redemption Cay, a Florida town where a million dollars in stolen cash was buried decades ago... and now a brutal mob boss, recently released after twenty years in prison, is coming to find it. But he's not alone. A young reporter is also on the trail...but telling the story could jeopardize the life of the innocent woman he loves.
"The plot involves a scheme to recover some lost loot. It ends with lots of blood-letting and a gentle, but wry twist." Chickasha Daily Express
Genre: Mystery
I LIKE IT TOUGH by James Howard
It's 1955 in Neon City, USA. The vice syndicate's slimy tentacles stretched everywhere through the corrupt city and only reporter Steve Ashe knows the dark story behind the multi-million dollar traffic in dope and white slavery. And because he knows...he's a walking dead man.
"This powerful story of a reporter destroying a vicious dope ring is raw and electric with suspense from beginning to end." Real Magazine
FACE OF MY ASSASSIN by Carolyn Weston & Jan Huckins
It's 1959. Matthew Scott is a widowed, alcoholic reporter from New York who seeks personal and professional redemption when he's sent to the Deep South to write about a town that is defying a U.S. Supreme Court decision to integrate blacks into schools. His mere presence is a catalyst that ignites long-buried racial, political, religious, and personal conflicts among the residents, both white and black, ripping the town apart. Those tensions violently explode when Scott is falsely arrested by the bigoted, tyrannical sheriff for the rape and murder of an out-spoken black schoolteacher.
"An exciting melodrama dealing with integration in the South...a thorough examination of southern racial attitudes. The book has the power to move and enlighten readers." Los Angeles Times
GOODTIME GIRL by Don Kingery
'Jack Candless is a drunken, cynical, 32-year-old newspaper reporter who covers a rape case in a small, Louisiana town, hoping the sordid story of a sweet, innocent young woman being brutally violated in a rice field will make national headlines, saving his career and his marriage. Instead, he discovers nothing is what it seems, and that a far more frightening story of raw lust and corruption is buried in the dark, violent heart of the bayou.
WALK WITH EVIL by Robert Wilder
There is little chance of redemption in Redemption Cay, a Florida town where a million dollars in stolen cash was buried decades ago... and now a brutal mob boss, recently released after twenty years in prison, is coming to find it. But he's not alone. A young reporter is also on the trail...but telling the story could jeopardize the life of the innocent woman he loves.
"The plot involves a scheme to recover some lost loot. It ends with lots of blood-letting and a gentle, but wry twist." Chickasha Daily Express
Genre: Mystery
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