A reporter for the Bergen News, Chris Turley could never measure up to his father. Edward Turley, a combination of Bob Woodward and Ernie Pyle, was one of the last great investigative reporters and a difficult man to impress. While stuck covering press conferences and town hall meetings, Chris, his fathers legend in mind, has always dreamed of his own Pulitzer, however unlikely it seems. Then one day while hes waiting to meet a source, a giant explosion takes out half of an office building next door. Shocked into action, ...
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A reporter for the Bergen News, Chris Turley could never measure up to his father. Edward Turley, a combination of Bob Woodward and Ernie Pyle, was one of the last great investigative reporters and a difficult man to impress. While stuck covering press conferences and town hall meetings, Chris, his fathers legend in mind, has always dreamed of his own Pulitzer, however unlikely it seems. Then one day while hes waiting to meet a source, a giant explosion takes out half of an office building next door. Shocked into action, Chris saves five people from the burning building. His firsthand account in the next days paper makes him a hero and a celebrity. And thats not all. The sources next tip delivers a second headline-grabber of a story for Chris, and suddenly his career is looking a lot more like his dads. But then it seems this anonymous source has had a plan for Chris all along, and his luck for being in the right place at the right time is not a coincidence at all. What seemed like a reporters dream quickly becomes an inescapable nightmare. Down to the Wire, David Rosenfelts shocking new thriller about an ordinary man who gets exactly what hes always wanted at a price he can never pay, is an intense thrill ride that will have readers racing through the pages right up to the end.
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Having read most of David Rosenfelt's Tara stories (which are great), I've decided it must be hard to leave a tried-and-true group of characters to try stand-alone mysteries. I haven't found all of the Rosenfelt individual stories to be winners; however, this one is. Perhaps it made a difference that I was listening to it on tape (from the library). The narrator kept the break-neck pace up till the end.
Chris Turley, son of an imminently famous journalist (now deceased), is at a small New Jersey newspaper. A stranger starts calling Chris, sending him to places that just happen to have fresh bodies. At first, Chris is looked upon as a hero; but as the body count rises, national attention turns negative. It soon becomes clear that the caller has a serious agenda that includes Chris' suicide/murder.
Because of Chris' natural fear and wariness, he's a perfect foil for this deranged killer. The very randomness of the crimes makes them all the more heinous and frightening. Rosenfelt avoids the obvious problems with a thriller. He deftly gives each law enforcement group realistic motives and actions. The thing that didn't ring true was the speed with which Chris got involved with his love interest. It just seemed too fast and forced.
This is another one of those books where I'd find myself sitting in my hot car, listening for just a few minutes more of a gripping story.
Novels of David Rosenfelt
Don't Tell a Soul (2008)
**Down to the Wire (2010)
On Borrowed Time (2011)
