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Fade Out
by Laurie Fagen
by Laurie Fagen
A Lisa Powers Crime Fiction Novel: Behind the Mic Mysteries, Book 1
Publisher: Short on Time Books
Publisher: Short on Time Books
Date
Published: March 2016
Genre:
Mystery / Crime
Young
radio reporter Lisa Powers has a lot to learn, but in her zeal to cover the big
city crime beat, finds herself facing down criminals in addition to reporting
on them.
From the dark streets of the metro Phoenix area to the peaceful red rocks of Sedona, Lisa dodges bullets investigating the cold case of a kidnapped bank executive found murdered, and discovers horrors she never imagined while tracking down a missing father.
She’s first on the scene of a massive fire that destroys the opulent mansion of a reclusive pharmaceutical heir, but her career is jeopardized when the story gets way too hot.
From the dark streets of the metro Phoenix area to the peaceful red rocks of Sedona, Lisa dodges bullets investigating the cold case of a kidnapped bank executive found murdered, and discovers horrors she never imagined while tracking down a missing father.
She’s first on the scene of a massive fire that destroys the opulent mansion of a reclusive pharmaceutical heir, but her career is jeopardized when the story gets way too hot.
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Dead Air
by Laurie Fagan
A Lisa Powers Crime
Fiction Novel: A Behind the Mic Mystery, Book 2
Publisher: Short on Time Books
Date
Published: March 2017
Genre:
Mystery / Crime
Buy Links: Amazon * Barnes & Noble
Young radio reporter Lisa Powers follows her
hunches to help solve criminal cases, but at the risk of denying her own
emotional health.
She comes face to face with a suspected cop shooter, but refuses to admit how the harrowing experience continues to haunt her.
She’s resolute in the search for a violent rapist in a 15-year-old cold case, unwavering in her mission to bring closure to the tormented young woman who was sexually abused when she was four.
Lisa introduces “L.N. Pane, P. I,” the lead podcast character in a 1940s film noir saga of a gritty female gumshoe gunning to finger someone trying to bump off a gent.
She comes face to face with a suspected cop shooter, but refuses to admit how the harrowing experience continues to haunt her.
She’s resolute in the search for a violent rapist in a 15-year-old cold case, unwavering in her mission to bring closure to the tormented young woman who was sexually abused when she was four.
Lisa introduces “L.N. Pane, P. I,” the lead podcast character in a 1940s film noir saga of a gritty female gumshoe gunning to finger someone trying to bump off a gent.
EXCERPT
Chapter 1
MONDAY, APRIL 8
“ … with mostly sunny skies and an expected high of about 87 today. More news
from KWLF News Radio right after this.”
It's still dark outside KWLF-FM, a small radio station in Chandler, Arizona,
and I’m the only one at work at the ridiculous hour of 4:45 a.m. Most
20-somethings I know would’ve been out partying last night and would be
sleeping in or at least going to work at the normal time of 8 or 9. I’m sitting
here in this tiny anchor booth, all by myself, these headsets smashing my long
hair, talking into a mic, probably to no one. I mean, who is up listening to
the radio except for insomniacs and maybe the few surviving farmers in this
mostly urban area?
Time for a commercial. I touch a button and music starts, followed by a male
announcer's voice hawking cars for a used auto lot.
I gingerly push an antiquated square audio cart into the machine. One of these
days we’ll get real digital equipment. Of course, I think that every time I
handle a piece of this older KWLF equipment, afraid it will crumble in my hand
and we’ll go off the air and…
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Grant Pope, our news director, enter from
the back of the station. He takes off his hat and sticks it on a coatrack near
the door. I wave, he waves back, but he looks tired as he heads to his desk.
He’s a short, thin man, with graying hair and a lot of lines on his face. These
days his step isn’t as springy as it used to be, and is he actually having trouble
sitting down onto his chair?
He’s been an institution here for more than 20 years, and one who has a “nose
for news.” I hear he came up through the ranks in the early days of radio as a
reporter, anchor and then news director. He still writes frequent news stories,
but several of my co-workers and I wonder when he’s going to retire. He looks
up, but I pretend I wasn’t staring at him.
Another 30 seconds. I thumb through the news stories, change the order. The
music and announcer's voice ends, and I turn my attention back to the
microphone.
“This is KWLF news. I'm Lisa Powers, filling in for Pat Henderson. In this
exclusive KWLF story, an East Valley woman says her father is missing, and she
suspects foul play,” I read from my script. “Joan Rogers-Hartley says her dad,
67-year-old Mark Rogers, took off early Sunday morning to drive to Northern
Arizona for a bird watching trip—but never arrived. According to her, she
thinks something is very wrong.”
I tap a red button on the cart machine marked ROGERS-HARTLEY SOT, which starts
Joan’s voice.
“He was supposed to meet some friends of his in Clarkdale, where they were
going to look for northern cardinals and red-winged hawks for a couple of
days,” Hartley says, sniffling. “But they said he never made it.”
I continue. “Rogers-Hartley says Chandler police are quote 'dragging their
feet,' unquote. KWLF Radio will follow this story and bring updates throughout
the day. Anyone with any knowledge of the whereabouts of Mark Rogers is asked
to call police.
“In other local news, the Chandler City Council meets in study session tonight
to discuss rezoning of a large parcel of land initially slated for commercial
development to be changed to residential. Grant Pope has details.”
I hit a button and Grant’s voice is heard. I lean back and listen.
Grant opens the door to the booth and pokes his head in.
“Was that missing man story on the wire?”
Uh-oh, I knew he’d ask that.
“Nope, the daughter called last night while I was here working on another
story.” I could tell by Grant's frown he wasn't pleased. “I know, I know, we
don’t usually do missing person stories until the police are called in, but
that woman was really spooked. She seriously thinks he's in trouble. And we did
get the exclusive...”
“All right, stay on it.”
Yes! “Of course, I'll follow up as soon as Pat gets here. He is going to be in
today, right?”
“As far as I—”
I hold up a finger to indicate silence, as the tagline “Grant Pope for KWLF
Radio” is heard. As Grant slips out the door, I turn back to the mic and
continue to read more news.
About the Author
Laurie Fagen is a long-time “writer by habit” who has written for
radio and television news; corporate video, films and documentaries; and
magazines and newspapers.
An honorable mention in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine’s Mysterious Photograph short story contest and a life-long love of reading whodunits led to three published short stories in Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter anthologies. She’s published two crime fiction mystery novels, “Fade Out” and “Dead Air,” and has book #3, “Bleeder,” in her “Behind the Mic” mysteries out in Spring 2018, along with a “Tawnee Mountain Mysteries” multi-author series novella called “Deadly Misfire,” also due in Spring 2018.
Former publisher of a Chandler, AZ community newspaper with her late husband, Geoff Hancock, she is also a jazz singer and artist.
A member of Sisters in Crime (SinC), Fagen lives in the Phoenix metro area.
An honorable mention in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine’s Mysterious Photograph short story contest and a life-long love of reading whodunits led to three published short stories in Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter anthologies. She’s published two crime fiction mystery novels, “Fade Out” and “Dead Air,” and has book #3, “Bleeder,” in her “Behind the Mic” mysteries out in Spring 2018, along with a “Tawnee Mountain Mysteries” multi-author series novella called “Deadly Misfire,” also due in Spring 2018.
Former publisher of a Chandler, AZ community newspaper with her late husband, Geoff Hancock, she is also a jazz singer and artist.
A member of Sisters in Crime (SinC), Fagen lives in the Phoenix metro area.
Thanks for the post and excerpt! Laurie Fagen
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