Off the Air

Off the Air
by Christina Estes
 
Book: Stand Alone
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pub Date: March 26, 2024
Genre: Adult, Mystery, Thriller
Format: eBook
Source: Publisher
Book Links: Goodreads  Amazon
 
Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Emmy Award winning reporter Christina Estes introduces Jolene Garcia in her Tony Hillerman Prize winning debut, Off the Air .

Jolene Garcia is a local TV reporter in Phoenix, Arizona, splitting her time between covering general assignments―anything from a monsoon storm to a newborn giraffe at the zoo―and special projects. Stories that take more time to research and produce. Stories that Jolene wants to tell.

When word gets out about a death at a radio station, Jolene and other journalists swarm the scene, intent on reporting the facts first. The body is soon identified as Larry Lemmon, a controversial talk show host, who died under suspicious circumstances. Jolene conducted his final interview, giving her and her station an advantage. But not for long.
As the story heats up, so does the competition. Jolene is determined to solve this murder. It’s an investigation that could make or break her career―if it doesn't break her first.

 
My Review: DNF

 
For someone who leans more into this field as an interest or career, it might be a decent book for you.
 
For me? Well... let's just say that I hated. So much so, that I'd throw it into the worst books ever read pile. 
 
It says it falls under a cozy mystery, buts it's far from that. The mystery itself was not great and dragged out for too long. The main character was not likeable at all. 
 
Too many characters. Super heavy on politics. The disclaimers at the back ratjer than the front was the wrong way to go. 
 
It basically came off as the author taking one of her reporter experiences and just writing it out. Which just did not translate well into a book. 

My Rating:

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