Tuesday 29 October 2024

FRONT PAGE FATALITY


Front Page Fatality by LynDee Walker
Book 1 in the Nichelle Clarke Crime Thriller series
Narrated by Therese Plummer
Genre: investigative journalist crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobookAudiobook


When two rookie cops are killed in a fiery crash near Richmond, Virginia, crime reporter Nichelle Clarke is sent in to investigate.

But as Nichelle digs deeper into the case, she discovers this was no ordinary accident.

People and evidence soon begin to disappear. Someone is one step ahead of her. A master criminal with a deadly secret, covering their tracks with ruthless efficiency.

The killer will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden. But as she draws closer to unraveling the mystery of two dead cops, Nichelle realizes that she's become the next target.
Source: Info in the "About Front Page Fatality" was taken from amazon on 11/09/2024.


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My Thoughts:
This is my first LynDee Walker read. I like her author's voice. I like the theme and the story. However, I did not like the "stupid". She wished for camera while teetering on a dumpster spying over a window. But she has her phone with camera in it? She did eventually used it, but... why didn't she just used the camera in her phone to begin with instead of wishing for one? A camera which I presume is like any other phone now-a-days that is capable of taking still pictures and videos. Hopefully there would be no more stupids in subsequent books because I am really liking this series!

To me, Therese Plummer would always be Aurora Teagarden to my ears after years of listening and re-listening to the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries by Charlaine Harris. It took a little bit of an adjustment to hear her as Nichelle.


Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4
Character development = 4
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 3.5
Ending = 5
World building = 4.5
Cover art = 3.5
Pace = (6 hrs and 51 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5


Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 cherries


Books In The Nichelle Clarke Crime Thriller Series:
Book 1: FRONT PAGE FATALITY Book 2: BURIED LEADS Book 2.5: DATELINE MEMPHIS Book 3: SMALL TOWN SPIN Book 4: DEVIL IN THE DEADLINE Book 5: COVER SHOT Book 5.5: FRIGHTENING FEATURES Book 6: LETHAL LIFESTYLES Book 6.5: FATAL FEATURES Book 7: DEADLY POLITICS Book 8: HIDDEN VICTIMS Book 9: DANGEROUS INTENT Book 10: (TBC)


 
Meet The Author

About LynDee Walker:
LynDee Walker is the national bestselling author of two crime fiction series featuring strong heroines and “twisty, absorbing" mysteries. Her first Nichelle Clarke crime thriller, FRONT PAGE FATALITY, was nominated for the Agatha Award for best first novel and is an Amazon Charts Bestseller. In 2018 she introduced readers to Texas Ranger Faith McClellan in FEAR NO TRUTH. Reviews have praised her work as "well-crafted, compelling, and fast-paced," and "an edge-of-your-seat ride" with "a spider web of twists and turns that will keep you reading until the end."

Before she started writing fiction, LynDee was an award-winning journalist who covered everything from ribbon cuttings to high level police corruption, and worked closely with the various law enforcement agencies that she reported on. Her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the U.S.

Aside from books, LynDee loves her family, her readers, travel, and coffee. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she is working on her next novel when she's not juggling laundry and children's sports schedules.


The Narrator

About Therese Plummer:
Therese Plummer is an actor and voice over artist living and working in New York City. Favorite roles to date include TV: Rose Nerrick, The Good Wife, Andy in Law and Order SVU. Stage: Celebrity Row; New York Theatre Workshop, Under Tillage, The Irish Repertory Theatre. Off-off Broadway credits include The Vagina Monologues, Suzanne in Twilight of the Gold’s and Madeline in the Award Winning Samuel French Short play The Sweet Room. Comedy Credits include Improv at Upright Citizens Brigade and Stand-up at Caroline’s Comedy Club. Therese also performed her one woman show, Ribbons Undone, at the Here Arts Center. Therese records audio books for Audible.com, Recorded Books and Talking Books, Inc. As an adolescent counselor, Therese spent five years utilizing Drama therapy techniques in individual and group settings before moving to New York. She shares a passion of creating, helping and entertaining and feels incredibly lucky to do all three.



FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.

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