Unsuspecting Viewers
There is perhaps no one better known in a community than the men and women who deliver the news. For years, Americans have allowed these people into their living rooms, and in some case, adopted them as virtual members of their own families.
But what if one of these masters of the fourth estate had a deep dark secret?
That’s the premise of “Unsuspecting Viewers,” the first in a series of titles about the television news industry from author Anthony Knopps.
”Unsuspecting Viewers” begins innocently enough as well-traveled news anchor James Roberts arrives in Kansas City in the middle of a thunderstorm.
As he sits in the control room of Channel Eight, he watches the station’s star reporter, John Spencer, bring viewers live pictures of a gruesome discovery: a body in the creek near the Truman Sports Complex.
The discovery leads policy to a man they believe is responsible. But is he? Questions arise as the case gets closer to trial, and the issue is further clouded when he escapes and two more victims turn up, each found dead in the same matter as the first.
The Channel Eight staff is horrified to learn that this is no longer just a faceless crime, for these two newest victims are friends. One, a current intern working closely with Spencer. The other, a former consort of his past.
Police note the connection as well. They begin to discount their original suspect and start to focus on those within the press. Are the staffers of Channel Eight simply covering the news … or are they making it?
There is perhaps no one better known in a community than the men and women who deliver the news. For years, Americans have allowed these people into their living rooms, and in some case, adopted them as virtual members of their own families.
But what if one of these masters of the fourth estate had a deep dark secret?
That’s the premise of “Unsuspecting Viewers,” the first in a series of titles about the television news industry from author Anthony Knopps.
”Unsuspecting Viewers” begins innocently enough as well-traveled news anchor James Roberts arrives in Kansas City in the middle of a thunderstorm.
As he sits in the control room of Channel Eight, he watches the station’s star reporter, John Spencer, bring viewers live pictures of a gruesome discovery: a body in the creek near the Truman Sports Complex.
The discovery leads policy to a man they believe is responsible. But is he? Questions arise as the case gets closer to trial, and the issue is further clouded when he escapes and two more victims turn up, each found dead in the same matter as the first.
The Channel Eight staff is horrified to learn that this is no longer just a faceless crime, for these two newest victims are friends. One, a current intern working closely with Spencer. The other, a former consort of his past.
Police note the connection as well. They begin to discount their original suspect and start to focus on those within the press. Are the staffers of Channel Eight simply covering the news … or are they making it?
There is perhaps no one better known in a community than the men and women who deliver the news. For years, Americans have allowed these people into their living rooms, and in some case, adopted them as virtual members of their own families.
But what if one of these masters of the fourth estate had a deep dark secret?
That’s the premise of “Unsuspecting Viewers,” the first in a series of titles about the television news industry from author Anthony Knopps.
”Unsuspecting Viewers” begins innocently enough as well-traveled news anchor James Roberts arrives in Kansas City in the middle of a thunderstorm.
As he sits in the control room of Channel Eight, he watches the station’s star reporter, John Spencer, bring viewers live pictures of a gruesome discovery: a body in the creek near the Truman Sports Complex.
The discovery leads policy to a man they believe is responsible. But is he? Questions arise as the case gets closer to trial, and the issue is further clouded when he escapes and two more victims turn up, each found dead in the same matter as the first.
The Channel Eight staff is horrified to learn that this is no longer just a faceless crime, for these two newest victims are friends. One, a current intern working closely with Spencer. The other, a former consort of his past.
Police note the connection as well. They begin to discount their original suspect and start to focus on those within the press. Are the staffers of Channel Eight simply covering the news … or are they making it?