Brad Parks
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Es hätte ein normaler Mittwochnachmittag werden sollen, an dem Bundesrichter Scott Sampson seine Kinder Sam und Emma zum Schwimmen begleiten würde. Doch dann erreicht ihn eine SMS seiner Frau, die besagt, dass sie die beiden von der Schule abholt. Als Alison später nach Hause kommt, sind die Kinder nicht bei ihr. Und sie hat auch keine SMS geschrieben. Stattdessen klingelt das Telefon. "Ihre Kinder sind in unserer Gewalt!", sagt eine Stimme. Wenn...
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Carter Ross, the sometimes-dashing investigative reporter for the Newark Eagle-Examiner, is back, and reporting on the latest tragedy to befall Newark, New Jersey, a fast-moving house fire that kills two boys.
With the help of the paper's newest intern, a bubbly blonde known as "Sweet Thang," Carter finds the victims' mother, Akilah Harris, who spins a tale of woe about a mortgage rate reset that forced her to work two jobs and leave her young boys...
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Shamus and Nero award-winning author Brad Parks takes readers back to the beginning of investigative reporter Carter Ross's career with this intriguing prequel short story.
Only 24 years old and still a wide-eyed reporter for a tiny backwater newspaper, Ross is getting his crack at the big leagues with an interview at New Jersey's largest paper, The Eagle-Examiner. If-that is-he nails the interview and the on-the-spot writing test. Ross has never...
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Brad Parks's smart-mouthed, quick-witted reporter returns in The Girl Next Door-another action-packed entry in his award-winning series, written with an unforgettable mix of humor and suspense.
Reading his own newspaper's obituaries, veteran reporter Carter Ross comes across that of a woman named Nancy Marino, who was the victim of a hit-and-run while she was on the job delivering copies of that very paper, the Eagle-Examiner. Struck by the opportunity...
5) Two For One
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Two for One" is a return to Brad Parks's storytelling roots: New Jersey, his place of birth and also where he spent ten years as a young reporter for the state's largest newspaper, The Star-Ledger. Every character you'll meet in this story is more than likely someone he bumped into during that time. Hope you enjoy this healthy serving of Garden State goodness. The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of mystery, crime, and suspense...
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Die Katastrophe lauert an diesem Montagabend vor dem Haus der Tagesmutter, als Melanie mit den Worten überfallen wird: "Ihr Sohn ist nicht hier. Er befindet sich in der Obhut des Sozialamtes." Für die junge Mutter bricht ihre heile Welt zusammen: Sie wird beschuldigt, ihren Sohn vernachlässigt zu haben, mit Kokain zu dealen, den Stoff im Kinderzimmer gelagert zu haben und darüber hinaus auch noch ihr Kind im Internet zum Verkauf angeboten zu haben....
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"When he hears residents of a Newark neighborhood are getting sick--and even dying--from a strange disease, investigative reporter Carter Ross dives into the story--so deep he comes down with the illness himself. With even more motivation to track down the source of the disease, Carter soon hits upon a nearby construction site. But when the project's developer is found dead, and his mob ties surface, Carter knows he's looking at a story much bigger--and...
8) The Good Cop
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In the fourth in Brad Parks's award-winning series, Newark investigative journalist Carter Ross must uncover the truth behind a beloved cop's alleged suicide.
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Dutton
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[2017]
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Judge Scott Sampson doesn’t brag about having a perfect life, but the evidence is clear: A prestigious job. A beloved family. On an ordinary Wednesday afternoon, he is about to pick up his six-year-old twins to go swimming when his wife, Alison, texts him that she’ll get the kids from school instead. It’s not until she gets home later that Scott realizes she doesn’t have the children. And she never sent the text. Then the phone rings, and...
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Minotaur Books
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2009
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Investigative reporter Carter Ross is aided by his colleagues while he searches for the truth behind the deaths of four seemingly unconnected individuals--an exotic dancer, a drug dealer, a hustler, and a mama's boy--when their bodies are found together in a vacant lot.