The News Where You Are (Audiobook)

from HeikeM

Don't really know what to say - after What Was Lost I expected something similarly thrilling and fast. But for me this novel was a bit too long, too rambling, too slow to get anywhere. It is an ok story, but I liked her first book a lot and am a bit disappointed with this one. The writing, the la...

from karen_o

A thoroughly enjoyable story of a regional TV newscaster, the people in his life, and his search for more information about two people who've died -- one a friend and colleague, the other a childhood friend of the friend. What Catherine O'Flynn really excels at is characterization. Every characte...

from JackieBlem

This is a little book, seemingly simple on its surface but deeply rich when you turn a closer eye to it. The surface is about Frank, a local British newscaster for a regional news show, and his reactions to the death of his famous predecessor, the demolition of some buildings his father spent his...

from Cariola

O'Flynn's latest novel, set in her native Birmingham, revolves around the themes of aging, memories, regrets, and forgiveness, particularly in the life of her main character, Frank Allcroft, co-anchor of a popular local TV chat/news show. Frank is questioning his decision to move his wife and dau...

from Raven

When I started at university, a topic that came up surprisingly often among my new friends was the issue of exactly what you were used to in the half-hour after the six o'clock news. Me, I was used to Northwest Tonight. I had friends who were used to Midlands Today, and Look North; my partner mor...