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Cold Open, A Sam North Mystery [Kindle Edition]

Greg Clarkin
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)

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Book Description

"COLD OPEN is red hot when it comes to action. A terrific book with plenty of inventive twists and turns. And who could write it better than this? A real reporter, Greg Clarkin sums up the electricity and crackle of a newsroom with a deadly twist. COLD OPEN is great entertainment." -Kitty Pilgrim, former CNN correspondent and author of The Stolen Chalice and The Explorer's Code

"Check out COLD OPEN...a thrilling mystery." -Ali Velshi, CNN anchor

When the nation’s number one cable news anchor, turns up floating in the East River, the cops label it a suicide. But his gorgeous widow is convinced he was killed and carries a secret that proves it.

Now she has Sam North believing it. The story-hungry TV reporter starts nosing around and discovers what Jack Steele found out the hard way...asking questions can get you disturbing answers, maybe even killed.


Product Details

  • File Size: 533 KB
  • Print Length: 294 pages
  • Publisher: Telemachus Press, LLC (July 18, 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B007VFP390
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,285 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Customer Reviews

This book was fast paced, well written, had great humor and some good twists. Justin  |  29 reviewers made a similar statement
Look forward to reading more books by this author. Joan Willsey  |  13 reviewers made a similar statement
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Robert Parker, he's not December 21, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sorry, I just couldn't get past the first few chapters. I'm a huge Robert Parker fan and felt this was a very dim shadow of Parker's Spenser books. The snappy, sarcastic dialog tried too hard, the characters weren't all that appealing and it just fell flat.
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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast-moving and entertaining August 19, 2012
By Bob V.
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a fast-moving story, featuring engaging (and fast-talking) main characters. It's an entertaining refresh of a familiar genre for digital-age readers. A must for fans of detective stories. It's also nice to see the return of the hero-reporter.
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read! April 23, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you want to get a feel for the world of a cable TV news...read Cold Open. Witty, tense and dead on. A worthwhile read and a page-turning mystery.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars sam north mystery
I thought the character was real. He acted like a journalist and even when the people around him wanted him to drop the investagation he wouldn't. Read more
Published 3 days ago by maddy
4.0 out of 5 stars good mystery
This was my first mystery by this author. The story line was very good however, near the end, I was beginning to get bored and wanted it to go a bit faster. Read more
Published 5 days ago by sueb
5.0 out of 5 stars I wish there were more!
This book was great fun to read, so much so that this is the first time I took the time to write a review! Read more
Published 8 days ago by Lynn A Zoske
4.0 out of 5 stars Cold Open
Not to bad of a story. Lots of twists and turns. Liked the mystery in all of it. Enjoyed it.
Published 8 days ago by Sara Carr
3.0 out of 5 stars Fast Paced Story - Fast Paced Dialog
I really liked this book.

It was a fast moving plot with a fast talking character. In fact, it was the pace of the dialog that made it so enjoyable. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Kevin Bowser
4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
I picked this up as a freebie. Overall a good story. A bit choppy in places, but kept my interest the whole time. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Mike Grossman
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprised
Took a little bit to get into it, but ended up being suspenseful and surprising. Good read that went by quickly
Published 13 days ago by MaryLou
4.0 out of 5 stars Found a new author
Found a new author to read. Like the Sam North character and look forward to reading further adventures of North .
Good fast and exciting read.
Published 14 days ago by S. Watson
5.0 out of 5 stars I Recommend This One
Great story; good read; I liked the author's style. Enjoyable. I don't think you will go wrong with this one.
Published 16 days ago by Al Milliren
4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting from beginning to end.
Could not put this down. Read it in one day, before work, lunch, on bus home, and in between laundry, dinner, and didn't get to sleep, until I was done. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Heidi Yniguez
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More About the Author

Hello, I'm Greg Clarkin. Thanks for visiting my author page.

I am a former print and TV reporter turned mystery writer. While reporting, I covered business news and worked for outlets as varied as the New York Post and CNN. My writing has appeared in dozens of publications, including the New York Times and Men's Journal.

Cold Open, A Sam North Mystery is my first novel, and the first in what I envision to be a mystery series featuring cable news reporter Sam North. With a wisecracking reporter as the main character, Cold Open captures the feel of a newsroom and introduces readers to a cast of colorful characters. It draws on my years of experience as a reporter for CNN. It is available here on Amazon as an ebook.

So why a cable news reporter as the main character? Well, I wanted someone who asked questions for a living, and I figured I had a good sense of the job. And after twenty-some years of reporting, I had seen enough scandals and interviewed enough scoundrels to know I had the seeds for plenty of stories.

While I was a reporter at CNN, I covered CEOs and Wall Street, titans of industry and entrepreneurs. Before getting into TV, I was a print reporter. That included a stop at the New York Post. Spend any time at a tabloid, and you're forever seeing the world in terms of catchy headlines.

Newsman Pens Mystery; Joins Self-Pub Club would be the one for this venture.

Reporting for the Post taught me about writing a lot, and writing on deadline. Reporting for CNN refined the writing even more. You learn all about economy of words when a producer tells you have exactly a minute and a half to explain a 500-point drop in the Dow, or the bursting of the housing bubble.

In addition to the Post and CNN, my work has also appeared in dozens of publications, including the New York Times, Men's Journal and The Hollywood Reporter.

Today, I live along the Connecticut coast with my wife and three children. In the spring and summer, I can be found coaching baseball. In the fall and winter, basketball. Year round, I'm plotting the next Sam North mystery, and working on other writing projects.

I enjoy hearing from readers and encourage you to visit my blog, GregClarkin.com, for the very latest news on Sam as well as other original stories, and ways to contact me.


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