The Life Line

By Christopher Geoffrey McPherson

Take three men and two women, add one concrete underwater tunnel, shake vigorously with a major earthquake and you have the makings of "The Life Line" -- a novel of survival. Here is the story of mass-transit-system president Tom Mortinsen and his girlfriend Karen Miller -- set to marry each other but for reasons other than love; construction supervisor Christian Stevens and his girlfriend Karen Miller -- who say they love each other but stay together for a very different reason; and TV news reporter Steven Cavanaugh and his girlfriend Karen Miller -- is this really love? Starting to sense a pattern here? So is brilliant journalist Barbara Harris, determined to ride a big story all the way to the top. Set in San Francisco sometime in the near future "The Life Line" has everything: life and death, love and hate, blood and devastation -- yet remains an uplifting story of hope in the face of adversity. Really. Just ask Barbara: "He's right. Come with me and let me tell you a story...."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Geoffrey McPherson
• Release date: Mar 14, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476436708

Christopher Geoffrey McPherson

In more than three decades as a professional writer/journalist, Christopher has covered myriad subjects and interviewed thousands of people from the famous to the unknown. He brings these years of experience to each of his novels.In his career, his work has appeared in daily newspapers, monthly magazines, extensively on radio and the occasional dalliance with television. He has written advertising copy and radio commercials – and continues to write.Prior to this new novel, "Sincerely, Dina Lamont," Christopher wrote novels about the most famous cat in ancient Japan who had special powers in “A Cat in Time,” and “22: The Biography of a Gun,” a tale set in the near future where guns are strictly controlled yet where one manages to make its way into the hands of those who want it. Previously, Christopher spent more than five years creating a series of novels that take place in 1930s Los Angeles called “The James Murray Mysteries.” Books in the series are "Murder at Eastern Columbia," “Sabotage at RKO Studio,” “Abduction at Griffith Observatory,” “Blackmail at Wrigley Field,” and “Haunting at Ocean House.”Other writing featuring his byline includes "The Babi Makers" – a science fiction tale about a world where the most important resource is babies; "Sarah & Gerald" – a novel about Paris in the 1920s; "Forever - and other stories" – a collection of short stories; "The Life Line" – the novel of the big one that levels San Francisco; "News on the Home Front" – a novel of two friends during World War Two; and "Mama Cat" – a book for children. Also, several short plays, a few radio plays and a boatload of radio documentaries.

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