The Trapdoor: A John Wells Mystery (The John Wells Mysteries #1)

By: Andrew Klavan

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Synopsis: A reporter must overcome personal tragedy to cover a grisly assignmentThe Dellacroce trial should be John Wells&’s biggest triumph. After years of hounding the mob boss, the New York Star reporter has finally brought enough evidence to light that the city can&’t help but prosecute. Just when Wells is about to dive into courtroom reporting, his editor pulls him off the story, dumping him on a human-interest fluff piece. The young girls of Grant County are killing themselves in droves, and Wells&’s editor wants to know why these teenagers keep putting their necks in nooses. It&’s a tedious assignment, but the normally combative reporter doesn&’t protest. He knows how it feels to lose a child to suicide. Wells chases the story in Grant County even as the hanging deaths rake up memories of his troubled daughter&’s death. When the suicides begin to look like murder, Wells&’s reporting puts his own neck on the line.