Jack McMorrow Mystery
5 primary works • 10 total works
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When Maine reporter Jack McMorrow comes to the aid of a terrified teenage runaway, he becomes entangled in one family's dark and dangerous secrets in a case complicated by the murder of the boy's mother.
Ex-NY Times reporter McMorrow is happy in Maine, until one day his social worker wife Roxanne returns home shaken by a confrontation with the father of neglected children she removed. Into their lives comes the mysterious young woman, Mandi, and a world of trouble. As the dangers converge, it will take a heroic act to save Jack, Roxanne, and daughter Caitlin. But who will put their life on the line when the moment comes?
"Life is briefly as it should be for Jack McMorrow: He and his wife Roxanne have retreated from the stress and danger of their day jobs to raise their daughter Sophie. But when development and arson threaten the nearby town of Sanctuary, and a crazy accident brings back mistakes from Roxanne's past, Jack's nose for crime leads him into a darker and deeply twisted tale. Something explosive is smoldering beneath the glossy facades and picturesque town square in Sanctuary, and the enemy is closer than he thinks" -- provided by publisher.
Jack McMorrow is a stringer for the New York Times. His lover is social worker Roxanne Masterson and it's her newest case that's grabbed Jack's attention. The daughter of an obscenely wealthy Boston couple is the alleged victim of physical abuse. For Jack, it's just the kind of story the public loves and local celebrities David and Maddie Connelly are going to need more than money to bury this scandal. However, once inside the Connelly mansion, Jack and Roxanne find a couple genuinely concerned - yet genuinely guarded. Far more forthcoming is Angel Moretti, young and pretty enough to sink her hooks into any rich man. She's got an angle no one else has. But her secrets have been buried along with her body, just discovered in a shallow grave. Now Jack's story is on its way to becoming a front-page headline. And it will lead Jack and Roxanne to places far darker than Angel's grave...
This is hardworking Maine, poverty Maine, where the local economy of the town of Androscoggin is ruled by the paper mill...It's where Jack McMorrow, a former "New York Times" metro reporter has come to take over the local weekly...When a seemingly friendless and ineffective staff photographer is found drowned in the river, McMorrow wonders why, and wonders why the local police don't wonder more...The rhythms of the weekly newspaper work a wonderful counterpoint to the building tension of McMorrow's investigation, and the writing is sharp and evocative without being showy.