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    Silencing Sam: A Novel
    Silencing Sam: A Novel
    Silencing Sam: A Novel
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    Silencing Sam: A Novel

    Written by Julie Kramer

    Narrated by Renee Raudman

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    TV reporter Riley Spartz publicly clashes with local gossip writer Adam Lorenzo and throws a drink in his face after he implies in his newspaper column that she cheated on her dead husband. When the gossip is found shot to death, she is shocked to be charged with murder. Though the victim was widely despised, police seem unwilling to look any further for suspects, and Riley must use her skills to secretly investigate the case before it's too late and she winds up in jail.

    Everyone focuses on revenge as the motive in the gossip homicide, but Riley discovers the murder might actually have been a preemptive strike by new Channel 3 reporter Clay Burrel, after the gossip columnist stumbled upon evidence that could prove the reporter killed his wife-for ratings.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 30, 2010
    ISBN9781400187874
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    Julie Kramer

    Julie Kramer is a journalist turned novelist. She writes a series of thrillers set in the desperate world of TV news. Julie has won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Mainstream Mystery/Suspense, RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best First Mystery, as well as the Minnesota Book Award. Her work has also been nominated for the Anthony, Barry, Shamus, Mary Higgins Clark, and RT Best Amateur Sleuth Awards. She formerly ran WCCO-TV’s investigative unit before becoming a freelance network news producer for NBC and CBS. She lives with her family in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

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    • 4/5
      I like her writing and I love Riley. Fast to read and a great story.I met the author on Oct. 30th 2010, she is very personal and let us know her new book will have a large Iowa presence. Her mother was also at the signing and I should have asked if she was anything like Riley's mother in the book. She told me that there is diffidently room to have a good hand to hand fight at the top of a windmill.
    • 5/5
      If it bleeds, it leadsThis is now the third of Julie Kramer’s mysteries that I’ve read, starting with Stalking Susan and Missing Mark. Within the first few paragraphs of Silencing Sam, I had this thought, “Oh, there she is!” The “she” I was referring to was television reporter Riley Spartz, the protagonist of the series. After just a few sentences, I had this overwhelming feeling of recognition. Riley’s voice was so instantly familiar and recognizable. It was like getting a call from a friend you haven’t heard from in a while. It was nice.It may seem like I am belaboring the point, but the truth is, these mysteries have always been more to me about the characters and setting than the actual who-done-it. Oh, and by setting I mostly mean the fascinating world of television news—a world that Julie Kramer obviously knows inside out. (Although, at this point, the whole Minnesota setting is beginning to feel a bit exotic to this bi-coastal girl. Seriously, I had no idea Iowa and Minnesota shared a border. That can’t be right?)This time Riley’s gotten into an altercation with the Twin Cities’ local gossip columnist, Sam Pierce. The confrontation escalates to a drink in the face—which leads Riley into a courtroom, charged with assault. It’s not her proudest moment, but it all would have blown over quickly enough if her accuser hadn’t been murdered hours after the guilty verdict. Now Riley’s looking guilty of a far more serious crime. As she’s launching her own investigation to clear her name, she’s got struggles on the professional front as well. The station has hired a good ol’ boy from Texas as its newest reporter, and he’s proving to be more competition than she needs right now. Station politics are as precarious as ever. While Ms. Kramer’s mysteries have life and death stakes, there is something gentle about them. They aren’t too graphic or gory, which suits me just fine. Some of the clues are a little obvious—for instance, there was a series of clues in this novel that just jumped off the page, and I found it frankly unbelievable that a reporter of Riley’s caliber didn’t see what I saw. That said, for all my cleverness, it didn’t get me any close to figuring out who the murder was. I guess “Kramer the Namer” still has a few tricks up her sleeve.
    • 3/5
      This is my favorite Kramer novel to date. Riley Spartz, a Minnesota based news reporter, finds herself in the midst of a murder investigation, this time as the prime suspect. In the meantime, she tries relentlessly to interest her newsroom boss in what could be the next big sweeps piece, about wind turbines and bats. Riley's parents are a charming addition to this story and other secondary characters that play a big part in Riley's life return as well.