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Last Words

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A tenacious reporter seeks redemption in this "fast-paced, deeply entertaining and engrossing novel" set in gritty 1970s Manhattan (ForeWordReviews).

In March of 1975, as New York City hurtles toward bankruptcy and the Bronx burns, newsman Coleridge Taylor roams police precincts and ERs looking for the story that will deliver him from the obits department. Since he was demoted from the police beat for inventing sources, Taylor's place of exile at the Messenger-Telegram has left him beaten down and desperate for a break.

When he checks in on a body of a homeless teen picked up in the Meatpacking District, Taylor smells something fishy: the dead boy looks too clean, and he's wearing a distinctive Army field jacket. A little digging reveals that the jacket belonged to a hobo named Mark Voichek and that the kid wearing it was in fact the son of a city official.

As Taylor follows the thread of corruption straight to City Hall, he lands himself on the hit list of three goons paid to keep certain secrets under wraps. He's got one ally in the newsroom, young and lovely reporter Laura Wheeler, and one chance to nail this story before he's back on the obits page—this time, as a headline.

The first book in the Coleridge Taylor mystery series, Last Words is "a fun return to the past and good crime fiction" (I Love a Mystery Newsletter).


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Series: The Coleridge Taylor Mystery Publisher: Epicenter Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: November 1, 2018

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781603812085
  • Release date: November 1, 2018

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781603812085
  • File size: 321 KB
  • Release date: November 1, 2018

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fiction Mystery

Languages

English

A tenacious reporter seeks redemption in this "fast-paced, deeply entertaining and engrossing novel" set in gritty 1970s Manhattan (ForeWordReviews).

In March of 1975, as New York City hurtles toward bankruptcy and the Bronx burns, newsman Coleridge Taylor roams police precincts and ERs looking for the story that will deliver him from the obits department. Since he was demoted from the police beat for inventing sources, Taylor's place of exile at the Messenger-Telegram has left him beaten down and desperate for a break.

When he checks in on a body of a homeless teen picked up in the Meatpacking District, Taylor smells something fishy: the dead boy looks too clean, and he's wearing a distinctive Army field jacket. A little digging reveals that the jacket belonged to a hobo named Mark Voichek and that the kid wearing it was in fact the son of a city official.

As Taylor follows the thread of corruption straight to City Hall, he lands himself on the hit list of three goons paid to keep certain secrets under wraps. He's got one ally in the newsroom, young and lovely reporter Laura Wheeler, and one chance to nail this story before he's back on the obits page—this time, as a headline.

The first book in the Coleridge Taylor mystery series, Last Words is "a fun return to the past and good crime fiction" (I Love a Mystery Newsletter).


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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Funding for additional materials was made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.