The Story That Wouldn't Die: A Mystery [Hardcover]

Emmy Award-winning reporter Christina Estes uses her twenty-year career for inspiration for her mysteries. InThe Story That Wouldnt Die, Jolene Garcia refuses to stop investigating, but someone is determined to kill the storyand maybe her.

Phoenix, Arizona TV reporter Jolene Garcia is fresh off winning her first Emmy and committed to covering stories that matter to her community. But Jolenes managers want stories that grab immediate attention and generate clicks, not ones that take time to develop.

When a beloved small business owner dies in a car crash, Jolene isnt convinced it was an accident. Hed been raising questions about who keeps getting lucrative deals at city hallquestions that powerful people dont want answered. The deeper Jolene digs, the more suspicious things she uncovers.

Exposing greed, ambition, and deception could become the biggest story of Jolenes career. Her bosses tell her to drop it. But theres a story here, and Jolenes going to find it.

CHRISTINA ESTES is an award-winning reporter who spent more than twenty years covering crime, public policy, and business for TV and radio stations in Phoenix, Arizona. Her reporting has appeared on CBS and National Public Radio (NPR).Christinas career inspired her mystery series featuring reporter Jolene Garcia, which began withOff the Air, winner of the Tony Hillerman Prize for Best First Mystery Set in the Southwest.

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[The Story That Wouldnt Dies] lively authenticity, brisk dialogue and clever plotting do not disappoint. . . its cant-put-it-down readable. The Arizona Daily Star

A sumptuously scintillating mystery in the style of Michael Connellys Renee Ballard series, further establishing Estes as a major genre force to be reckoned with. BookTrib

Readers will enjoy the fast-moving plot twists. Booklist