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Whispered Word
"Look. Go. Seek." Those words are whispered to Joe, but from who? He only hears the voice.
Joe is an out-of-work investigative reporter drowning in drink, prescription drugs, and a disgrace not of his own making. In the bleakness, he stumbles across the case of Maggie, an inmate who has always maintained her innocence, even after being convicted of child neglect.
Spurred on by the inexplicable voice, Joe sets out to uncover the truth of Maggie's mysterious case. Joe corresponds with Maggie from prison along the way, and they develop a connection as he journeys from his antiseptic apartment in New York to a quiet corner of Oklahoma, a dusty Texas border town, and finally finding himself in the hardscrabble countryside of Mexico.
Ultimately, Joe must contend with a looming threat, seeking to guard a long-held secret in Whispered Word, a work of fiction based on a true story.
Joe is an out-of-work investigative reporter drowning in drink, prescription drugs, and a disgrace not of his own making. In the bleakness, he stumbles across the case of Maggie, an inmate who has always maintained her innocence, even after being convicted of child neglect.
Spurred on by the inexplicable voice, Joe sets out to uncover the truth of Maggie's mysterious case. Joe corresponds with Maggie from prison along the way, and they develop a connection as he journeys from his antiseptic apartment in New York to a quiet corner of Oklahoma, a dusty Texas border town, and finally finding himself in the hardscrabble countryside of Mexico.
Ultimately, Joe must contend with a looming threat, seeking to guard a long-held secret in Whispered Word, a work of fiction based on a true story.
217 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 28, 2025
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Alec Klein
12 books1 followerAlec Klein is an award-winning reporter at The Washington Post. His previous book, Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner, was a national bestseller that The New York Times called "a compelling parable of greed and power and hubris." He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughter.
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January 8, 2025
A worn out at the end of his rope ex-investigation reporter finds an old newspaper article about a girl who was wrongly accused uses this chance to redeem not only her but himself to himself. Is it because of what happened to his mother? Or a last chance to do something good?
First half of the book was slow and was depressing due to the MC's mental state. It was interesting to learn that this was actually based on a real case. It would be interesting to find more about this. Through the FMC and a minor character, I feel the MC starts to learn more about faith and steering away from being agnostic. I'm not sure where the MC's thoughts were with trying to look for the FMC's father and trying to tie that in with her case.
First half of the book was slow and was depressing due to the MC's mental state. It was interesting to learn that this was actually based on a real case. It would be interesting to find more about this. Through the FMC and a minor character, I feel the MC starts to learn more about faith and steering away from being agnostic. I'm not sure where the MC's thoughts were with trying to look for the FMC's father and trying to tie that in with her case.
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