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Alex Vane Media Thriller #1

by A. C. Fuller

I’ve had the boxed set of Alex Vane Media Thrillers 1–3 for some time but I never opened them, because ‘Media Thriller’ just sounded so boring.  Finally, I was looking at the list of books on my Kindle, looking for something different to read, and decided to open the first book, The Anonymous Source.  I was surprised to find that it was an excellent mystery.

Alex Vane works as a court reporter for a newspaper and is covering a murder trial in which a young man, Santiago, is presumed guilty of murder.  Alex has been assigned to write a front-page report on the trial, which has become a sensation in NYC.  However, a few days into the trial, he receives an anonymous call from someone using a voice scrambler who tells him that Santiago is innocent.  As Alex investigates the clues provided by the unknown caller, he uncovers information that could break the case against Santiago and lead, instead, to a powerful media figure.  As he comes closer to the truth, he’s fired from his job at the newspaper and finds himself the target of an assassin.

This was a real page-turner.