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Dead Silence Mass Market Paperback – March 1, 1999

by Ron Handberg (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
Needing a major story to improve his personal ratings, investigative journalist Alex Collier is determined to solve a fifteen-year-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of three young boys and is plunged into a world of dishonesty, betrayal, and deeply-guarded secrets where he must fight for his life
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    464 pages
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    English
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    HarperTorch
  4. Publication date
    March 1, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    4.19 x 1.16 x 6.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0061012475
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0061012471
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Ron Handberg is an award-winning journalist. He has been news director as well as vice president and general manager of Emmy and Peabody Award-winning station WCCO television, a CBS affiliate in Minneapolis/St. Paul. He lives in Minnesota.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperTorch
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 1, 1999
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061012475
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061012471
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 1.16 x 6.75 inches
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    4.2 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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  • jimmy l
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2016
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    I have not finished the book but had knowledge of the real persons that story was based on.
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  • carl brookins
    4.0 out of 5 stars Missing Boys, Passing Time and Pesistence
    Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2019
    On a steamy July afternoon in 1983, three young boys run gleefully from their front yard to the nearby park and down the bluff to the edge of the Mississippi River. They do not return home ever again.
    Fifteen years later, top television anchor, Alex Collier scans a memory item, the disappearance, on this date, of those three Hathaway sons. The story mildly intrigues him. Now readers, introduced to Collier’s co-anchor on the news team, are drawn inside the routine workings of a major station news operation. The author, with vast and varied experience in such operations, is careful to avoid relying on the technical details of such an operation to move the story forward.
    Rather, Handberg relies on the interpersonal relationships, decisions and routines of the people who spend their time researching, writing, taping and presenting the daily television news to help move the story forward. It’s an interesting and sometimes tension-filled situation, but the story really focuses on the three missing boys. Collier decides to use his star-clout to get the station to in effect reopen the case.
    Careful logical moves, rather than sudden insightful intuition guides Collier and his young co-anchor to the people, many long retired who were involved in the original case, including the still distraught, still seeking answers, parents of the boys.
    The novel is rooted in reality and makes good use of the unusual and often exotic internal scenes in a big-time television operation, the evolving life of officials and ordinary citizens, some of whom who have moved on, retired or left the Twin Cities. Mysterious threatening phone calls, possible deliberate hit and run and new murder all populate this novel as the clues mount, incidents occur and Collier persists against mounting resistance and tension.
    The physical presence of the cities and rural Minnesota are inserted judiciously with logical and useful influence on the trajectory of this story. The narrative rhythm is appropriate and although the novel is long, it is a well-paced read that will capture the imagination and attention of anyone interested in missing person cases.
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  • KBS
    5.0 out of 5 stars So glad I found Ron!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015
    What an awesome book! I haven't read a gripping mystery like this for quite some time, and I'm an avid reader. The fact that it was loosely based on a real case was fascinating. Being from MN, I enjoyed the local flavor, too. Can't wait to read Ron's other books. I will be recommending this to all my reading friends.
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  • J. Gielow
    4.0 out of 5 stars Not 5 stars but not bad
    Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2004
    I got this book as a hand-me-down. I looked it's review up on Amazon.com like I do with any book before I read it and was glad to see it had 5 stars. I started reading it with high expectations. The beginning is SLOW. It took me over a week to read and I average about a book every 3-4 days (I am a train commuter with very little of a life). In spite of the slow start, the book was not that bad. I like how it did not answer all the questions at the end and reminds you that life does not always have a happy ending.
    Well worth the week it took me to get through - still can't give it 5 stars though.
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  • Djalma B. N. Ferreira
    4.0 out of 5 stars As we read it we believe it really is a true story.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 1999
    Three brothers - Jed, 8, Matt, 6 and Andrew, 4 - disappeared. Police investigation report considered they drowned. Fifteen years later, Alex Collier, a TV anchorman, starts his own investigation. The author knows how to immerse us deep in Collier's investigation. And very slowly, we go through every small step he takes. Each page you turn could lead you to a surprise. Dead Silence is, undoubtedly, a great book.
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  • C. Morse
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a Keeper
    Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2008
    This is the 4th book in Ron Handberg's series. All these crime novels take place in a top newsroom in the Twin Cities. Although all 4 were excellent, I thought this one was the best. The plot is based on something that really happened in Minneapolis in 1951. Handberg changes the timeframe and the characters, but the background of the story is the same. This book has it all...dirty politics, missing children, day-to-day working of a newsroom, great characters and superb writing. I highly recommend this book.
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  • GHuset@HotMail.Com
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read! I hope Alex Collier is around for a long time!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 1999
    As far as 'series' books go, the Alex Collier books are some of the best of the genre. Mr. Handberg makes Alex a real person and his knowledge of the Twin Cities certainly adds authenticity. The premise of Dead Silence is based on a real event that I remember vividly. Just like in the book, every once in awhile some journalist will attempt to do an update of this event. Maybe this book will inspire someone else to dig up some new facts of the story.
    At any rate, the book is a wonerful, 'hard-to-put-down' read. When you start it, curl up for the long run. You will have a hard time putting this one down.
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  • "merbeth"
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dead Silence by Ron Handberg
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2000
    This was an excellent book. I couldn't put it down...not only for the fast-paced action, but because it was based on a real crime that has never been solved. I cared about the characters, and was never disappointed in the story. I hope Mr. Handberg keeps writing, and uses Alex Collier as the investigator again.
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