Hard News

A Thriller & Suspense Novel by Jeffery Deaver

Book 3 of the Rune Series

Subgenres:

Psychological Thriller,
Journalism Thriller,
Wrongful Conviction

Published 1991

Length 306 pages

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Media thrillers with ambitious outsiders chasing the truth
Investigations that put both reporter and source in real danger
Stories where digging into old footage uncovers deadly secrets

Publisher Description

Rune is an aspiring filmmaker with more ambition than political savvy, paying her dues as an assistant cameraperson for the local news. But she's got her eyes on the prize, the network's hot newsmagazine, Current Events—and she's got the story she knows will get her there.

Poking around in the video archives, Rune spots a taped interview with Randy Boggs, who's doing hard time in Attica for a murder he claims he didn't commit. Rune can't say exactly why, but she's sure he's innocent. If she can prove it, Current Events won't merely report the news, it'll make news—and Rune's career.

But what she could be writing is Randy Boggs's epitaph—and her own. Rune's newly discovered witness soon turns up dead. A hit man from Miami is on Rune's trail, and Boggs is finding prison even more dangerous than before. Someone wants this story killed, and it could be the girl with the camera who ends up on the cutting room floor.

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