Covery Story by Gerry Boyle

Covery Story by Gerry Boyle

It's been seven years since Jack McMorrow moved to small-town Maine. Seven years of stringing stories--and murders--together in the backwoods has been an adventure, sure, but it has also meant a big dent in the paycheck. In this, the sixth installment of Islandport's updated and revised paperback and e-book editions of the internationally best-selling Jack McMorrow series, the mast head has changed at the New York Times, and Jack is invited back to cover his old Metro beat. Unsure at first, Jack quickly finds his feet, moving swiftly into the incessant hustle and flow of the city. Then, the Mayor is murdered in a hotel restroom, and Jack gets the ultimate cover story--or so he thinks. But the phone is ringing and the questions aren't friendly. Jack is about to become the prime suspect in his own story. Called an outstanding crime novel by Booklist when it was first published in 2000, Cover Story is Boyle at his best.

Like many crime novelists Gerry Boyle began his writing career in newspapers--a place he calls the best training ground ever. After attending Colby College, he knocked around at various jobs, including stints as a roofer, a postman, and a manuscript reader at a big New York publisher. He began his newspaper career in the paper mill town of Rumford, Maine. There was a lot of small-town crime in Rumford and Gerry would later mine his Rumford time for his first novel, DEADLINE. After a few months he moved on to the Maine Morning Sentinel in Waterville, where editors gave his a thrice-weekly column and he wrote about stuff he saw in police stations, courtrooms, in the towns and cities of Maine. All the while he was also typing away on a Smith-Corona electric typewriter, writing Deadline which came out in 1993. Since Deadline, he has written 8 additional Jack McMorrow stories with a 10th scheduled for release in 2015.

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ISBN 13	9780425178522
ISBN 10	0425178528
Title	Covery Story
Author	Gerry Boyle
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Berkley Books
Year published	2001-02-06
Number of pages	371
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