The Deadline, Ron Franscell
The Deadline, Ron Franscell
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The Deadline

Author: Ron Franscell

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 9 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/25/2017

Synopsis

A dying convict's last request thrusts small-town newspaperman Jefferson Morgan into a deadly maelstrom as he explores a fifty-year-old case of child murder—a wound his town still isn't ready to scrape open. Under the heaviest deadline of his life, and amid threats from unexpected foes, Morgan must struggle with his own conscience to tell a story no matter the consequences, dig deep into the town's past, and unveil a killer who's managed to remain hidden in plain sight for almost fifty years.

About Ron Franscell

Ron Franscell is the author of numerous books, including Delivered from Evil: True Stories of Ordinary People Who Faced Monstrous Mass Killers and Survived, Angel Fire, and The Deadline. His writing has been compared to Truman Capote, Charles Frazier, and Robert Olen Butler-diverse, poetic, evocative, and muscular. His writing has appeared in many publications, including the Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He has been a guest on CNN, NPR, and other major broadcast outlets all over America. He appears regularly in crime documentaries on Investigation Discovery, History Channel, and A&E. Ron lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristi on December 11, 2014

This book was AWESOME! It was a mystery until the end and when I got to the end, I cried. It's easy to make people laugh and a whole lot harder to make people cry. The story starts with Aimee Little Spotted Horse being dumped into a river on August 2, 1946. The alleged killer confesses to a life sent......more

Goodreads review by John on July 12, 2015

I expected a classic mystery when I agreed to review. The Deadline is so much more: Beautifully-written literary fiction wrapped around a mystery. The people are deftly-drawn, and Franscell's descriptions put the reader right next to the protagonist. It reminded me of Grisham's A Time to Kill, but p......more

Goodreads review by STEPH on October 17, 2021

This book is very special to me. One of my favourite books of all time. And there are so many reasons why it moved me in a way that I can't describe in simple words. Ron's writing is very précised. He described everything in great detail, the colour, the smell. It felt like I am a part of the story,......more

Goodreads review by Autumn on December 27, 2014

I received this book via Story Cartel to give an honest review. After reading the blurb I knew that this book was going to be a good one. The book starts off strong and keeps going until the end. I honestly had no clue who the murderer was until it was pointed out and I enjoy that in a book that is f......more

Goodreads review by Charles on December 30, 2014

Jefferson Morgan, after working for the Chicago Tribune for 18 years, returns to his hometown of Winchester, Wyoming and takes over the Bullet, Winchester’s town newspaper. Faced with an inability to meet deadlines or make the payments for the newspaper, he meets Neeley Gilmartin, a man who has just......more

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