Yesterday's News: A Novel of Suspense (A Harper Novel of Suspense) [Hardcover]

Jeremiah Healy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1989 | Series: A Harper Novel of Suspense

Following "Swan Dive" and "So Like Sleep", John Cuddy is retained by a young reporter to investigate police corruption in a small town. She is found dead a few hours after retaining Cuddy - and his investigation turns up a great deal more than petty corruption.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Maintaining the standards set in his prize-winners Blunt Darts , The Staked Goat and others, Healy adds to the series starring John Cuddy, Boston PI. From nearby Nasharbor, reporter Jane Rust comes to hire Cuddy to prove her suspicions of a murder and coverup by the cops and her paper, the Beacon . The detective doubts Rust's story until news of her "suicide" brings him to the economically and morally depressed town. Rebuffed by both the editor of the Beacon and the police, Cuddy gets help from reporter Liz Rendell, who sneaks Rust's notes to him. Clues to a child-porn ring and other suspicious deaths tip the investigation toward police officers Hagan and Schonstein, despite their spotless reputations. Cuddy is lucky to survive attempts on his life as he keeps a promise to his dead client and rivets the reader to this pulse-racer. Rough humor, strange characters and chilling events contribute to a top-notch suspense thriller.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 215 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins; 1st edition (July 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060159227
• ISBN-13: 978-0060159221
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,732,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeremiah Healy, a former Sheriff's Officer and Military Police Lieutenant, is a graduate of Rutgers College and the Harvard Law School. Healy is also the creator of the John Francis Cuddy private-investigator series and (under the pseudonym "Terry Devane") the Mairead O'Clare legal-thriller series, both set primarily in Boston. Healy has written eighteen novels and over sixty short stories, sixteen of which works have won or been nominated for the Shamus Award. He served as the President of the International Association of Crime Writers ("IACW") from 2000-2004, and he was the International Guest of Honour at the 34th World Mystery Convention in Toronto during October, 2004. Three years ago, Healy concluded his term as a member of the Mystery Writers of America's National Board of Directors.