Shooting for the Stars - A Gil Malloy Novel

Zusatztext "Belsky scores a direct hit...Malloy is perhaps more akin to Mike Hammer! James Rockford! or Jake Gittes with a nose for news and a knack for getting in trouble. You just don’t see many reporters of his ilk anymore." Informationen zum Autor R. G. Belsky, a journalist and author based in New York City, is the former managing editor of news for NBCNews.com. Prior to joining NBC in 2008, he was the managing editor for the New York Daily News , the news editor for Star Magazine , and the metropolitan editor of the New York Post . He is the author of the Gil Malloy mystery series, which began with The Kennedy Connection . Klappentext Some thirty years ago, movie star Laura Marlowe was shot to death by a crazed fan in New York City, who then killed himself. The police ruled it a murder-suicide, the case was closed, and the beloved starlet faded away into history. But when New York Daily News reporter Gil Malloy re-investigates Marlowe's death, long-buried secrets emerge and he begins to uncover the trail of a new serial killer. And more people are dying. Now, before he can solve the current crimes, Gil must find out what really happened to Laura Marlowe all those years ago.Shooting for the Stars Chapter 1 THE executive producer of The Prime Time Files had an office filled with pictures of him posing alongside famous people. George Clooney. Barbra Streisand. Bill and Hillary Clinton. Michael Jordan. Katie Couric. Ted Danson. The message was clear: this guy was plugged-in, powerful, a player with the celebrity elite. I wasn’t sure whether to shake his hand or ask for his autograph. Gary Lang, the executive producer, was telling me now in great detail about all his accomplishments, all the awards he’d won and how much money he’d made in the television and movie business. I’d been listening to him since I walked into his office fifteen minutes earlier. I figured I could last maybe another minute, tops, until my head exploded. “I’m sure you can understand my concern, Mr. Malloy,” Lang said. “I have a reputation to uphold. Abbie Kincaid is an extremely popular television personality and a highly respected journalist. So before I allow you to interview her, I need to make sure you understand that whatever you write about us has to be very classy.” “Classy,” I repeated. “Those are the ground rules we need to agree to before you talk to Abbie. I want to be sure that you or your newspaper won’t indulge in any irresponsible journalism here. Abbie’s image is very important to me. Whatever you write about her must be done with style and with sophistication. Above all, it must be . . .” “Classy?” “Yes.” “I can do classy,” I smiled. Gary Lang was in his midforties. Black curly hair, horn-rimmed glasses, very intense. He was wearing a three-piece pinstriped gray suit, blue shirt, and red tie. The vest and suit jacket were buttoned up and his tie unloosened—even though it was mid-June. Definitely a power suit. Only problem was he had a bit of a paunch that was sticking out between the buttons of the vest and jacket. Hard to impress people when you’re sporting a spare tire around your middle. Me, I had on a pair of washed-out jeans, a blue linen blazer, and a T-shirt underneath with the name and number of third baseman David Wright—the captain of the New York Mets and my favorite New York City athlete at the moment. I should point out that normally I wear the Mets T-shirt hanging out over my pants. But I tucked it in before going to meet Lang. Gil Malloy is the kind of reporter who goes that extra mile for a big story. “Do you have any questions, Mr. Malloy?” Lang asked me. “Yeah, do you actually kn...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R G Belsky, R. G. Belsky, Richard Belsky
• Editore: Pocket Books USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.08.2015
• EAN: 9781476762364
• ISBN: 978-1-4767-6236-4
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: Gil Malloy; The Gil Malloy Series; The Gil Malloy Series; Gil Malloy
• Categoria: Narrativa > Gialli