Can murder save this marriage? Mitch and Melody Ambrose, a 50-something suburban Massachusetts couple in the throes of "empty nest syndrome," are drawn into the investigation of a suspicious death at a local nursing home. What the two ex-journalists uncover sets in motion a series of life-rattling events and revelations. Along the way, they also re-discover each other and the victim's far-flung family is brought together with a common purpose of avenging his death.

Winner of the Distinguished Book Award by the Applied Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2001

Effective Health Risk Messages provides step-by-step instructions for developing theoretically based campaigns that work. Readers will learn about message development theories, formative and summative evaluation, and even basic research designs for evaluating your campaign. Worksheets are provided at the end of each chapter to provide readers with hands-on, practical experiences in developing effective health risk messages. This book is suitable for practitioners, researchers, and students alike, and can act as a stand-alone text or supplementary text for persuasion, public health, advertising, and marketing classes.

Winner of the Distinguished Book Award by the Applied Communication Division of the National Communication Association, 2001

Effective Health Risk Messages provides step-by-step instructions for developing theoretically based campaigns that work. Readers will learn about message development theories, formative and summative evaluation, and even basic research designs for evaluating your campaign. Worksheets are provided at the end of each chapter to provide readers with hands-on, practical experiences in developing effective health risk messages. This book is suitable for practitioners, researchers, and students alike, and can act as a stand-alone text or supplementary text for persuasion, public health, advertising, and marketing classes.