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Mid-21st Century Los Angeles: after a succession of natural
disasters, in a landscape wracked by global warming, the city is
now the western-most outpost of an Arab empire. Ali is a Los
Angeles-born police officer. His local birth leaves him under
suspicion when he discovers the body of the daughter of one of the
Caliph's ruling elite. Arab-born fellow officer Shah seeks to link
Ali and this murder to American insurgents. To save himself and his
family, Ali must discover whether this girl was a victim of an
honor killing by her family, a political murder by a rival faction,
or a sex crime. To solve the murder, he must enlist the help of the
victim's sister. Caliphornia is a fast-paced novel of suspense that
should appeal to mystery and suspense fans, as well as readers of
literary fiction.
After being acquitted of his wife's brutal murder, celebrity
television news anchor Wade Newsome claims to be targeted by an
assailant bent on exacting divine justice. Is this mysterious
Righteous Avenger a figment of Newsome's guilty conscience, a
publicity stunt intended to speed his return to the Deadline News
anchor desk, or a genuine threat? A skeptical LAPD detective, Carl
Pope, must determine the truth of Newsome's claims. "Deadline News"
combines suspense with Hollywood satire, in the vein of Seth
Greenland's "The Bones." "Deadline News" is also, more broadly, a
social satire, taking on America's media culture and the public's
obsession with celebrity trials. With its focus on the intersection
of societal alienation and the entertainment industry, "Deadline
News" also recalls the work of Nathanael West. In this era of
Robert Blake and O. J. Simpson, "Deadline News" is a topical,
humorous, and readable novel of suspense.
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