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    Off With His Talking Head
    The Political Blogging Murder: Book One in the Political Murder Series
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    Political Murder Series

    By S.W. Spooner

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    About this series

    Tom Hutchinson is a conservative pundit who is as well known around Washington for his drinking and his lecherous ways as he is for his Sunday talk show, The Quartet. When he dies at a black-tie fundraiser, everyone assumes it's a heart attack. But environmental activist Laura Delaney suspects murder.

    Laura and political reporter David Wainwright team up to discover how and why Tom was killed. They solve the mystery with the help of dogged Internet digging as well as shoe leather. They also uncover a political bribery scandal, delve into the world of political talk shows, and find a way out of the political correctness mess for the Washington Redskins. Involving potatoes.

    The book is filled with up-to-the-minute examples of news and social media, including tweets, YouTube videos, cable news broadcasts, text messages, and political blog posts from the left and right. With its combination of mystery, humor, romance, and political satire, Off With His Talking Head will appeal to anyone who likes to poke fun at the foibles of lawmakers and the media in our nation's capital. A bonus feature: recipes from meals prepared by the story's characters.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherS.W. Spooner
    Release dateJun 30, 2014
    Off With His Talking Head
    The Political Blogging Murder: Book One in the Political Murder Series

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    • The Political Blogging Murder: Book One in the Political Murder Series
      The Political Blogging Murder: Book One in the Political Murder Series

      The Political Blogging Murder: Book One in the Political Murder Series

      S.W. Spooner
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      Having just lost her social media job when the environmental group she worked at shut down, Laura Delaney heads to Washington, D.C., to attend a conference of progressive activists to network for a new job. But she finds a body backstage during a political trivia contest — a major player in the political blogging world. So she teams up with Washington political reporter David Wainwright to search online in the worlds of social media and the political blogosphere to find out who committed the murder — and why. Along the way, Laura and David see firsthand the foibles of the Beltway media, explore political extremes, and demonstrate how people handle instant communication in today’s world. They also discover a shared fascination for politics, Star Trek, and each other. The book is told from a liberal point of view but is politically even-handed and points out the benefits of taking a balanced approach to politics. It is filled with up-to-the-minute examples of news and social media, including tweets, cable news broadcasts, text messages, and political blog posts from both the right and left. And bad karaoke.

      Having just lost her social media job when the environmental group she worked at shut down, Laura Delaney heads to Washington, D.C., to attend a conference of progressive activists to network for a new job. But she finds a body backstage during a political trivia contest — a major player in the political blogging world. So she teams up with Washington political reporter David Wainwright to search online in the worlds of social media and the political blogosphere to find out who committed the murder — and why. Along the way, Laura and David see firsthand the foibles of the Beltway media, explore political extremes, and demonstrate how people handle instant communication in today’s world. They also discover a shared fascination for politics, Star Trek, and each other. The book is told from a liberal point of view but is politically even-handed and points out the benefits of taking a balanced approach to politics. It is filled with up-to-the-minute examples of news and social media, including tweets, cable news broadcasts, text messages, and political blog posts from both the right and left. And bad karaoke.

    • Off With His Talking Head
      Off With His Talking Head

      Off With His Talking Head

      S.W. Spooner
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      Tom Hutchinson is a conservative pundit who is as well known around Washington for his drinking and his lecherous ways as he is for his Sunday talk show, The Quartet. When he dies at a black-tie fundraiser, everyone assumes it's a heart attack. But environmental activist Laura Delaney suspects murder. Laura and political reporter David Wainwright team up to discover how and why Tom was killed. They solve the mystery with the help of dogged Internet digging as well as shoe leather. They also uncover a political bribery scandal, delve into the world of political talk shows, and find a way out of the political correctness mess for the Washington Redskins. Involving potatoes. The book is filled with up-to-the-minute examples of news and social media, including tweets, YouTube videos, cable news broadcasts, text messages, and political blog posts from the left and right. With its combination of mystery, humor, romance, and political satire, Off With His Talking Head will appeal to anyone who likes to poke fun at the foibles of lawmakers and the media in our nation's capital. A bonus feature: recipes from meals prepared by the story's characters.

      Tom Hutchinson is a conservative pundit who is as well known around Washington for his drinking and his lecherous ways as he is for his Sunday talk show, The Quartet. When he dies at a black-tie fundraiser, everyone assumes it's a heart attack. But environmental activist Laura Delaney suspects murder. Laura and political reporter David Wainwright team up to discover how and why Tom was killed. They solve the mystery with the help of dogged Internet digging as well as shoe leather. They also uncover a political bribery scandal, delve into the world of political talk shows, and find a way out of the political correctness mess for the Washington Redskins. Involving potatoes. The book is filled with up-to-the-minute examples of news and social media, including tweets, YouTube videos, cable news broadcasts, text messages, and political blog posts from the left and right. With its combination of mystery, humor, romance, and political satire, Off With His Talking Head will appeal to anyone who likes to poke fun at the foibles of lawmakers and the media in our nation's capital. A bonus feature: recipes from meals prepared by the story's characters.

    Author

    S.W. Spooner

    Sher Watts Spooner lives in Oak Park, IL, and has spent her career as a newspaper reporter and editor on one national weekly and three daily newspapers. She is now a freelance editor and writer as well as a contributing editor at Daily Kos, a leading national political website. An admitted political and media junkie, she also runs a website, politicalmurder.com, in which she blogs about politics and media and offers a daily changing "political murder of the day," ranging from assassinated politicians to historical massacres to murdered civil rights leaders. Check it out, or look for highlights on Facebook and Twitter. Follow us on Twitter: @SherSpooner. And find out how to buy more upcoming books in the Political Murder series.

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