The Candidate - BookWyrm

134 pages

Published Nov. 23, 2021 by Le Villain Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-9163483-6-3
Goodreads:: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59414642-the-candidate

(1 review)

A Murdered Judge. A Dark Secret Silenced.

Rookie reporter James Lalonde is bored. And, he isn’t a journalist. He’s an all-round dogs-body, to editor-in-chief, Rhys Kelly.

But, his luck has finally changed.

After eavesdropping in on the morning editorial meeting, James learns he has his first-ever story. There’s one catch. If the story gets too complicated, it will be taken away from him and given to another journalist with more experience.

Sure it’s a boring interview with the soon to be sworn-in magistrate, Albert Harrington, but it finally gets him out of his six-month slump as an editorial research assistant.

He finally has a chance to prove himself.

The following day, James turns up to his interview with Albert to discover a trail of blood smeared through Albert’s house, an empty safe, the murder weapon on the floor, but no body.

Detective Anwar Khan turns up to the crime scene, …

A Murdered Judge. A Dark Secret Silenced.

Rookie reporter James Lalonde is bored. And, he isn’t a journalist. He’s an all-round dogs-body, to editor-in-chief, Rhys Kelly.

But, his luck has finally changed.

After eavesdropping in on the morning editorial meeting, James learns he has his first-ever story. There’s one catch. If the story gets too complicated, it will be taken away from him and given to another journalist with more experience.

Sure it’s a boring interview with the soon to be sworn-in magistrate, Albert Harrington, but it finally gets him out of his six-month slump as an editorial research assistant.

He finally has a chance to prove himself.

The following day, James turns up to his interview with Albert to discover a trail of blood smeared through Albert’s house, an empty safe, the murder weapon on the floor, but no body.

Detective Anwar Khan turns up to the crime scene, puts two and two together, and believes James murdered the controversial magistrate.

Can James clear his name and write his first-ever story before his editor takes it away from him?

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Nerywood reviewed The Candidate by A.D. Hay

My review of The Candidate

5 stars

Disclosure: I got this ebook for free from BookSirens. In return I was asked to provide a private review to the author of this book and could publish my review anywhere I liked. The author nor BookSirens has any say in my review, this is my honest review of the book.

This is the first book of a great series, I just know it. Of course what happens has to involve multiple people to keep the story interesting (I'm keeping it vague on purpose to not spoil anything). The reporter James is involved from beginning to end, and while many other people come into the story they don't make as big an impact as James does.

"She shifted in her seat. ‘What’s a warrant?’ James’s eyes bulged. So the ... weren’t above taking advantage of a naïve twenty-year-old."

I do think the author could have left out some of the …

Disclosure: I got this ebook for free from BookSirens. In return I was asked to provide a private review to the author of this book and could publish my review anywhere I liked. The author nor BookSirens has any say in my review, this is my honest review of the book.

This is the first book of a great series, I just know it. Of course what happens has to involve multiple people to keep the story interesting (I'm keeping it vague on purpose to not spoil anything). The reporter James is involved from beginning to end, and while many other people come into the story they don't make as big an impact as James does.

"She shifted in her seat. ‘What’s a warrant?’ James’s eyes bulged. So the ... weren’t above taking advantage of a naïve twenty-year-old."

I do think the author could have left out some of the other characters as some of them you only hear about from time to time, or they are only there for a chapter then no referenced again.

At one point the book vaguely mentions bias, and it made me think about the times when my unconscious bias took over my train of thought.

James has a deadline he has to make, which allows this book to have a beginning and end. Otherwise it could seem like the book could go on forever. The way the book wraps up allows for a solid ending and allows you to finish the book without making you think about what could happen next.

"She’s better off not knowing the truth."