Runaway Train - S. W. Capps

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Résumé :
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR VIEWERS MORE! With these words, the TV news 'train' officially 'ran off the rails'. New reporter Bill Stacy arrives at KEGT in August of '87, the same month the FCC rescinds the Fairness Doctrine. No longer forced to report news in an honest, equitable manner, Bill (whose name is as fake as the news he covers) finds himself in the middle of the biggest story to ever hit 'Texomaland'-a serial arsonist is terrorizing the community. The big question: Can the investigative journalist find the 'Torch' before his ratings-hungry boss gets him killed?...

Biographie:
S.W. Capps grew up on the 'not-so-mean streets' of Downey, California, where he parlayed a childhood of bloody knees, countless spankings, and failed accordion lessons into a writing career. A one-time TV news reporter-he was nominated for an Oklahoma Broadcasters Award for his 'hard-hitting' piece on Christmas fruitcake-he's also penned numerous magazine articles and three novels. The Midwest Book Review calls his latest, Runaway Train, a solid, fast-paced action piece.No One Special is Capps' first foray into nonfiction. A recent empty-nester, he lives with his wife in the Pacific Northwest, currently at work on his next book....

Sommaire:
S.W. Capps grew up on the 'not-so-mean streets' of Downey, California, where he parlayed a childhood of bloody knees, countless spankings, and failed accordion lessons into a writing career. A one-time TV news reporter-he was nominated for an Oklahoma Broadcasters Award for his 'hard-hitting' piece on Christmas fruitcake-he's also penned numerous magazine articles and three novels. The Midwest Book Review calls his latest, Runaway Train, a solid, fast-paced action piece.No One Special is Capps' first foray into nonfiction. A recent empty-nester, he lives with his wife in the Pacific Northwest, currently at work on his next book....