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Surviving the Lie: A Russell Avery Novel

by James Queally

A journalist pulled back into danger

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A journalist pulled back into danger

Russell Avery has stepped away from investigative work after losing two longtime sources, hoping to settle into a quieter life. That retreat ends when his former mentor vanishes and other local journalists begin disappearing. The investigation brings him into conflict with conspiracy theorists and ex-police officers who cast reporters as enemies. Set amid New Jersey neighborhoods, the novel combines a missing-person mystery with questions about journalism, political distrust, and the effort to defend truth when facts are contested. As the final installment of the Russell Avery series, it also returns to the choices that have shaped Avery’s two careers.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers of police procedurals and mysteries centered on missing journalists.
  • For readers interested in stories about investigative reporting, conspiracy theories, and contested truth.
  • For readers following the Russell Avery series.

Themes

Journalism and truthConspiracy theories and political distrustProfessional identity and personal sacrificeNew Jersey

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Book overview

From the critically acclaimed author of Line of Sight and All These Ashes comes the exciting final installment of the Russell Avery series, a trilogy of "turnpike noir" that brings the neighborhoods of New Jersey to life (CrimeReads)

After the death of his two oldest sources, Russell Avery trades in his life as a former journalist turned private investigator for peace and quiet at home. Aside from the occasional online reporting under the safety of an alias, Russell is enjoying being a normal guy with a normal girlfriend and suburban bliss just within reach. Until his onetime mentor disappears. Russell soon learns that other journalists in the area have gone missing, too, all under mysterious circumstances. Unable to resist the pull of a good story, he quickly finds himself at odds with a violent band of conspiracy theorists and ex-cops convinced that reporters are the "enemy of the people." Russell sacrificed two careers to the belief in the power of truth. But now, face-to-face with an America where facts are more fluid than Newark's Passaic River, he must decide if the truth is still worth fighting for.
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