Those Who Trespass : A Novel of Murder and Television - Hardcover

O'Reilly, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0963124684 ISBN 13: 9780963124685

Publisher: Bancroft Pr, 1998

Synopsis

A speed-read thriller that unmasks the cutthroat world of television news.—Vincent Bugliosi, author of Outrage and Helter Skelter

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Review

What goes on behind the news is the news in Bill O'Reilly's first novel, Those Who Trespass: A Novel of Murder and Television. The engaging thriller centers around a string of murders being carried out in almost ritualistic fashion against the major players of Global News Network (GNN) and miscellaneous others involved in the television news industry. First it's a loutish White House correspondent who gets it with a silver spoon in Martha's Vineyard. Next comes a vice president of the network. As the list grows, so does the pressure on police to stop the killer before he strikes again. Enter Tommy O'Malley, a touch New York detective who has his own ideas about how to keep the streets clean. His work--and life--is complicated by the persistence of a charming young reporter named Ashley Van Buren. In her "Crimetime" column, she dishes a full serving of innuendo and speculation to an audience hungry for just such fare. O'Malley looks like a terrific source to her, and he has to admit she looks pretty good herself.

The real story in Those Who Trespass, however, is that "the way it is," as Walter Cronkite would have said, is not a very nice way at all. O'Reilly, a veteran of Fox and an Emmy winner himself, reveals the skullduggery that goes on under the anchor desk and on the other side of the camera: correspondents "bigfooting" others' stories, young climbers doing anything to secure the anchor seat, and ratings outfits fixing the game to suit themselves. Once you've read this, you will understand the part of the news that's not fit to print.

From the Inside Flap

Want to know how knives are sharpened and competitors are sabotaged inside those outwardly urbane TV newsrooms? O'Reilly knows it all, and tells you. Electrifying stuff. -ARTHUR HAILEY, author of Airport and Detective

A speed-read thriller that unmasks the cutthroat world of television news. So real you'll forget it's fiction. -VINCENT BUGLIOSI, author of Outrage and Helter Skelter

As real and exciting as the streets of New York City. A mystery thriller that only one of New York's finest could solve. -WILLIAM BRATTON, former NYC Police Commissioner

A novel about murder in the inner sanctum of network TV news by Emmy-winning Bill O'Reilly of Fox's O'Reilly Report ... It may be a news maker itself when published. -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Action, suspense, and a gripping first-rate tale. O'Reilly's thriller takes the reader into a world that has been shrouded in secrecy-up until now. A must-read, but don't expect a lot of sleep until you've reached the end. -COLONEL DAVID HACKWORTH, Newsweek

I have always enjoyed Mr. O'Reilly on TV, where he now toils for Fox News. And he has written a fiction that has been [widely] praised. Oh, yes, and Liz Smith also loved this one, from Bancroft Press! -LIZ SMITH, New York Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Bancroft Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0963124684
• ISBN 13: 9780963124685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288