The Fly on the Wall, Tony Hillerman
The Fly on the Wall, Tony Hillerman
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The Fly on the Wall

Author: Tony Hillerman

Narrator: Erik Bergmann

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/11/2013

Synopsis

Ace reporter John Cotton is a fly on the wall, seeing all, hearing all, and keeping out of sight. But the game changes when he finds his best friend’s corpse sprawled on the marble floor of the central rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Suddenly Cotton knows too much about a scandal centered around a senatorial candidate, a million-dollar scam, and a murder. And he hears the pursuing footsteps of powerful people who have something to hide . . . and a willingness to kill to keep their secrets hidden.

About Tony Hillerman

TONY HILLERMAN served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and received the Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian’s Ambassador Award, the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and the Navajo Tribal Council Special Friend of the Dineh Award. A native of Oklahoma, Tony Hillerman lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until his death in 2008.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on October 22, 2014

My father-in-law was a fan of Hillerman's. When he died over a decade ago, I read several of the books he had & remembered liking them, but not being wowed. I have to say that this one surprised me. Hillerman handled some very tough themes about reporting, truth, & integrity. Right & wrong blurred t......more

Goodreads review by Russ on February 23, 2021

Sorry, didn’t get it. Maybe this journalism-political thriller seemed more cutting edge back in 1971 before Watergate happened and All the President's Men came out. Started with an I-have-to-read-this hook. Mac comes in and tells fellow capitol reporter Cotton that he’s final found The Big Story—the......more

Goodreads review by Julie on September 02, 2019

I am sadly winding down on the Tony Hillerman books (1 left). This book was a trip back in time to say the least (1971). I wasn't even in high school yet. Interesting enough even though reporters these days write like all of this political drama is new, it is not. It just all gets re-cycled over and......more

Goodreads review by Susan on February 24, 2017

This mystery is the second one published by Hillerman, after his first mystery set in Navajo country, The Blessing Way. In the Fly on the Wall, John Cotton is a statehouse reporter and has just filed his story when a colleague comes into the pressroom. Merrill McDaniels, known as Mac, comes into file......more

Goodreads review by Brok3n on July 16, 2023

Hillerman without Navajo Nation I am not a fan of mystery novels. Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and even the Continental Op annoy me. Mystery novels are like sonnets. Sonnets are a type of poetry, but in addition to being a poem, a sonnet is required to adhere to a bunc......more

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