Tauchen Sie ein in die gnadenlose Welt einer berüchtigten Boulevardzeitung, in der ein frischer Haustierkolumnist auf eine spannende Ermittlung stößt. Er findet sich auf der Spur eines Serienmörders wieder, der unangenehme Berühmtheiten mit einfallsreichen und oft grausamen Methoden ins Visier nimmt. Diese Serie bietet eine fesselnde Mischung aus Kriminalfiktion, schwarzem Humor und einem scharfen Blick auf die Medienlandschaft.
"It's a dog-eat-dog world at the infamous tabloid New York Mail, where brand new pet columnist F.X. Shepherd finds himself on the trail of The Hacker, a serial killer targeting unpleasant celebrities in inventive-and sometimes decoritive ways. And it's only his second day on the job"--Back cover.
F.X. Shepherd is juggling a new job as a PI, while keeping up with his strangely popular pet column for his new employer, the New York Daily Press. With the Republican convention in town, Shepherd is hired to investigate death threats made against a congressman, which may be linked to the escalating war between the mainstream Republicans and Tea Party extremists. A series of inexplicable political murders--not to mention a small drone strike--ratchets up the stakes, and Shepherd has to solve the case while fending off his ultra-liberal parents, tenacious reporter Ginny Mac, and a gang of mysterious gunmen...