Deadline! [Paperback]

Paula L. Tutman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 25, 2008

Deadline is very loosely based on something that actually happened to Paula when she was a young police reporter in Baltimore.

The Set up...PS Garrett, Detroit's top crime reporter shows up at the scene of a double murder. Two kids are shot and killed senselessly...it's a crime of opportunity...but what PS doesn't know is the triggerman still lurks on the scene. While soaking up the aftermath of his handy work, he catches a glimpse of his favorite TV reporter. He realizes that if he keeps killing, she'll keep showing up...and perhaps...just perhaps...one of these times she shows up to cover his crimes, he'll get a chance to meet her...and make her his.

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About the Author

Television News Reporter for WDIV 4 in Detroit

Product Details

• Paperback: 458 pages
• Publisher: Dailey Swan Pub (May 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981584551
• ISBN-13: 978-0981584553
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,406,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DEADLINE! The Book a Serial Novel by Paula L. Tutman, July 21, 2008

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Rita Taylor (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadline! (Paperback)

I wanted to reach over & grab the sequel, but it wasn't there! Pooh!! The storyline was riveting. The characters keep you wanting to know more. PS is a character that most women can relate to whether or not you are in the news business. Book 2, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN???!!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down!!!, July 15, 2008

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Doris G. (Leonard, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deadline! (Paperback)

Read the book in 1 weekend -- couldn't put it down. Great character development and exciting storyline. Can't believe the author left the readers hanging like that! Can't wait for Book #2!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent story, poorly edited, October 3, 2010

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R. Cepuch (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadline! (Paperback)

There are about 800 pages in the two volumes of "Deadline!" With a good editor, this story could have been told well in 300 pages or so.

Part of the problem is that "Deadline!" is loaded with gratuitous asides about the incompetence of virtually everyone in the television business except for the lead character, a reporter. The author is a TV reporter and says the story is based on something that actually happened to her, so it seems likely she's settling scores with former co-workers.

The descriptions of a TV reporter's life, on camera and off, certainly sound authoritative and are often interesting.

Unfortunately, there are more than a few reminders that TV reporters typically write words only they will have to read. Spelling and grammar errors abound throughout the book (twice, for example, "breaks" is used for "brakes"). Ironically, at one point the lead character berates her boss by saying, "If you're going to produce a newscast, learn to speak English properly would you?"