Story Behind The Book
I hope readers will enjoy Dead Line for two reasons: . (1) I spent 30 years working as an editor in magazines and media, mostly at People and Entertainment Weekly and their websites, so much of the journalistic action in Dead Line is based on personal, behind-the-scenes experience and observation. (2) I’ve tried to inject the material with an adrenaline-fueled spirituality, a zen freedom needed to trick away the addictions to power and control.
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<span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;"></span><div style="margin-bottom:.5em;">5.0 out of 5 stars<br /></div><div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="vertical-align:middle;"><strong>Great read</strong>, March 31, 2011</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A3EGGOQDSJ1AMK/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#003399;text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lawrence C. <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Matthews<span class="swSprite s_chevron custPopRight" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:3px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:middle;background-image:url(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/common/sprites/sprite-site-wide-2._V214202442_.png);width:11px;height:11px;background-position:-30px -40px;"></span></span></span></a> </div><div style="float:left;"><br /></div><div style="float:left;">-<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_rn_bdg_help?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#RN" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#003399;text-decoration:underline;"><span class="cmtySprite s_BadgeRealName" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:middle;background-image:url(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/common/sprites/sprite-communities._V197398854_.png);width:57px;height:13px;background-position:0px -390px;"><span>(REAL NAME)</span></span></a> </div></div></div><div class="tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><strong><span class="h3color tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#e47911;font-size:x-small;">This review is from: </span>Dead Line (Paperback)</strong></div><div class="tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div class="tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><strong></strong><span style="font-size:small;">This is a terrific book. Richard Sanders takes us into a loopy magazine world inhabited by a crazy editor (with a past) who channels Indira Gandhi, a narrator who is thrust into the role of trying to manage her (sort of), a threat, great scenery, and all sorts of other well-drawn characters. There's a bit of Hunter Thompson mixed with Raymond Chandler in this book. it's a great read.</span></div><div class="tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div class="tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span><div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="margin-right:5px;"><span class="swSprite s_star_5_0" title="5.0 out of 5 stars" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:middle;background-image:url(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/common/sprites/sprite-site-wide-2._V214202442_.png);width:65px;height:13px;background-position:-30px 0px;"><span>5.0 out of 5 stars</span></span> </span><span style="vertical-align:middle;"><strong>Dead Line is Dead On</strong>, February 26, 2011</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A60T1BGBMWAMR/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#003399;text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Terence <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Madigan<span class="swSprite s_chevron custPopRight" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:3px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:middle;background-image:url(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/common/sprites/sprite-site-wide-2._V214202442_.png);width:11px;height:11px;background-position:-30px -40px;"></span></span></span></a> </div><div style="float:left;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong><span class="h3color tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#e47911;font-size:x-small;">This review is from: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Quinn-McShane-Stories-ebook/dp/B004LZ558C/ref=cm_cr_dp_orig_subj" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#003399;text-decoration:underline;">Dead Line (The Quinn McShane Stories) (Kindle Edition)</a></strong></span></div></div></div>I have to say right from the start that Quinn McShane is my alter ego! Like all the main characters in the book his is well developed and superbly human. There are an eclectic group of characters that the author brings together; Marissa, the Korean some kind of therapist, Trish the publisher/child murderess, and Benjie the security chief, to name a few. It's not all murder and mayhem though, there are many instances of humor and humanity in the book<br /></div>