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AlbakiReads Editorial A coastal crime story shaped by pursuit and competing identities
A coastal crime story shaped by pursuit and competing identities
A fishing captain’s murder sends Ben Broome, a suspected deckhand, from Massachusetts to a small South Carolina newspaper, where reporting on a newly discovered body raises his profile even as it sharpens the investigation against him. The novel divides its attention among Ben, Detective Lillian Grimes, and rival reporter Florence Park, pairing a manhunt with the pressures and ambitions of a struggling local newsroom. Set between coastal communities and anchored in a chain of linked crimes, the story examines the roles people construct for themselves—suspect, investigator, journalist—and the uncertainty of whether those roles reveal or conceal who they are.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Adult crime-fiction readers interested in investigative pursuits
- Readers who enjoy newsroom settings in mystery fiction
- Fans of multi-perspective stories about deception and identity
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Murder investigationJournalismIdentity and self-presentationDeceptionCoastal communities
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Book Overview ★ Winner of the Literary Global Book Award for Debut Fiction ★ "This snappy, suspenseful thriller will keep you guessing until the final...
★ Winner of the Literary Global Book Award for Debut Fiction ★
"This snappy, suspenseful thriller will keep you guessing until the final chapter and will make you wonder-can anyone be a journalist?" - Katie Couric, journalist and author
"Tremendous book. You'll be transfixed." -- Peter King, sportswriter and author
"It grabs you by the collar and won't let go." - Jo Piazza, bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance
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A popular fishing captain is murdered on his own trawler and everyone in Haversport, Massachusetts, knows the culprit is a young deckhand named Ben Broome, including Detective Lillian Grimes. But Ben has discovered the perfect hiding place: as a reporter writing for the tiny Coastal Packet, a newspaper down in South Carolina.
When a half-eaten body washes in, it becomes the biggest story in the paper's history and brings cunning, charismatic Ben immediate success. But it also leads Grimes closer to the truth. She soon teams up with hungry rival reporter Florence Park to hunt Ben down before he can charm-or kill-his way to freedom.
Shown from three perspectives, killer, detective, and reporter, Muddy the Water brings readers inside the newsroom of a struggling small newspaper on the bucolic South Carolina coast and speaks to the concept of identity-and whether anyone ever shows his or her true self.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Publisher: KOEHLER BOOKS | ISBN: 9798888245
FormatHardcover
ISBN9798888245
EAN9798888245620
PublisherKOEHLER BOOKS
Publication Date2025-01-28
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.21 Pounds
Length9.0 Inches
Width6.0 Inches
Height0.75 Inches
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