Don Farmer again weaves his insider’s knowledge of television news through an action-packed tale about bad men, feisty women and ambitions that turn deadly.

Don Farmer has written a thoroughly engrossing.  As a veteran newsman and TV anchor, Farmer captures the strong personalities of the newsroom and the “can’t look away” drama of a riveting news story. Great characters, strong women, a vile villain and a plot that keeps you turning pages.

TV news veterans Don Farmer and Chris Curle are back with a thrilling story of greed, jealousy and murder.  Police and reporters chase kidnappers and bear poachers as they follow the deadly mistakes of flawed men and vengeful women

Former TV Newsman Don Farmer gives us an edgy thriller that has it all…heinous schemer, hard-driving news anchor, clever detective and insider details. You simply cannot put it down!

Don & Chris were a dynamic duo when I worked with them in Atlanta, and they’ve proven they still are with Deadly News, set mostly in the city they know and love. Their wealth of experience from decades in the news business provides a rich and well-informed backdrop for an explosive, exciting thriller.

I’ve known Don Farmer for years and I’m here to tell you he is the one person uniquely positioned to pen this thriller. He knows the news business, Atlanta and his beloved Southwest Florida.Add to that his irreverent sense of humor and knack for spinning a yarn and you have some great reading ahead of you.

Deadly News cleverly weaves together the fast-paced worlds of media and crime.

From the Deep South to the edge of the Everglades, Deadly News is a riveting must-read that propels you full-speed on a roller coaster ride through intrigue, murder and the underside of the “news business!

Don Farmer and Chris Curle traveled the world covering news as reporters and anchors. They know the people behind the stories and the details that never make the news. Deadly News captures the behind the scenes drama of intrigue, violence and character flaws that make a story so compelling. You won’t be able to put it down.

Leave it to Don and Chris to truly capture the craziness of the TV news business. Deadly News is fun, funny, fast-paced and more accurate than you might believe. I know these characters. I’ve interviewed these characters. And, depending on the assignment, I’ve been these characters. Two seasoned pros got it dead-right.

Murder dives into a pool of media at the Atlanta Olympic games. The crime, captured on live TV, sets off a crackerjack romp through the glistening halls of media power with its screaming producers, schemers and appalling greed, to the swamps of Florida with its hungry crocodiles. There’s revenge, jealousy, ambition, humor and a delicious blend of crazy players in a media world Don and Chris know well. They grew up in it. Leave the lights on. You’ll be up late reading this one.

The best books are written by the best reporters. Don and Chis always have distinguished themselves with their thoroughness and storytelling. In this thriller, they’ve done it again.

The satire is biting. The story is compelling. The writing is crisp. Nobody can depict the complexities of how the media covers a complicated story better than Don Farmer and Chris Curle. They bring an insight from years of experience in a television newsroom and behind an anchor desk. Deadly News is a look at the world of media, politics, and money. Don and Chris take you on this satirical journey that will keep you turning pages long after the late news has signed off.

Don Farmer has had a notably successful career in TV news at every level – local, cable and network. He was often frustrated by the absurdities of the business but never lost his sense of irony or his ability to see humor in TV news’ outrageous aspects. These qualities serve him well in writing Deadly News. His wife, Chris Curle, an experienced journalist who co-anchored with him for many years, also contributed importantly to this work. With verisimilitude oozing from every page and character, Deadly News is a murder thriller that unfolds against a backdrop of the Olympic Games. But at heart it’s a rollicking satire on the television news business and the sometimes very peculiar people who populate it.

A first-rate thriller from Don Farmer and Chris Curle whose careers in television make them uniquely qualified to create non-stop action inside and outside the newsroom. It’s a fresh, funny, keep-you-up-all-night winner!

If you like laws, sausages, and news, it’s probably not a good idea to to see how they are made. But this recipe of the Olympics, Atlanta, a grisly death, and the inner craziness of TV news goes down smoother than sweet tea and shrimp and grits. Tim Dorsey and Carl Hiaasen watch out. Don Farmer and Chris Curle have the scoop in Deadly News!

Deadly News is a crackling thriller infused with fiendish humor and teeming with predators — alligators, crocodiles, and ultra-dangerous media sharks! Only real insiders like Don Farmer and Chris Curle can explain how truly frightening TV news can be.

TV News captures millions of viewers worldwide, but what the audience doesn’t see, behind the scenes, comes to life in this mystery thriller. Deadly News is a non-stop romp, as TV news becomes part of the sensational events, told with skill and humor by journalists who have been there.