Austin Camacho: August 2010 Archives

In mystery novels, investigative journalists are often heroic detectives.  But in Wanda L. Dyson's new thriller Judgment Day, the reporter is the victim framed for murder and on the run from a killer.

The star of the novel, Suzanne Kidwell, is also the star of Judgment Day, a popular investigative news TV show.  Her mission is to expose the darkest secrets of the rich and famous.  And that's what gets her in trouble!  While the reader comes to care about Kidwell's fate, Author Dyson shows us the darker side of her character's world.  Dyson says she thinks there's a fine line between reporting that informs us and the sensationalism reporting that is just looking to titillate.  The danger comes when the truth doesn't matter - ratings do.

"I got the idea for this book after watching a cable news reporter decide to take the law into her own hands and "interrogate" someone she felt was guilty--something that was clearly the police's job, not hers," Dyson says.  "The woman she "interrogated" was so distraught, she went home and committed suicide.  In typical writer fashion, I couldn't help asking myself, "what if," and Suzanne Kidwell and her show Judgment Day were born."

In mystery novels, investigative journalists are often heroic detectives.  But in Wanda L. Dyson's new thriller Judgment Day, the reporter is the victim framed for murder and on the run from a killer.

The star of the novel, Suzanne Kidwell, is also the star of Judgment Day, a popular investigative news TV show.  Her mission is to expose the darkest secrets of the rich and famous.  And that's what gets her in trouble!  While the reader comes to care about Kidwell's fate, Author Dyson shows us the darker side of her character's world.  Dyson says she thinks there's a fine line between reporting that informs us and the sensationalism reporting that is just looking to titillate.  The danger comes when the truth doesn't matter - ratings do.

"I got the idea for this book after watching a cable news reporter decide to take the law into her own hands and "interrogate" someone she felt was guilty--something that was clearly the police's job, not hers," Dyson says.  "The woman she "interrogated" was so distraught, she went home and committed suicide.  In typical writer fashion, I couldn't help asking myself, "what if," and Suzanne Kidwell and her show Judgment Day were born."