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Dying For News
Winner 2025 Maine LIterary Award in Crime Fiction
When newspaper owner and editor Bernadette “Bernie” O’Dea’s house burns down on New Year’s Eve with an unidentified body in the charred rubble – who may or may not be her missing tenant – it’s clear the new year won’t be nice and quiet after all.
Bernie is already navigating boyfriend and police chief Pete Novotny’s increasingly challenging struggle with PTSD, so when the arson and murder investigation narrows its focus on her, she plunges into work trying to find an oasis of normalcy. Getting to the bottom of the local college’s plans for expansion is just the ticket.
Or not.
What Bernie thought would be a simple story isn’t simple at all, and she begins to uncover a dark conspiracy, with tentacles that reach to every corner of Redimere, including into Pete’s troubled police department.
The farther Bernie digs, the more tragic, and ultimately deadly, the consequences.
When newspaper owner and editor Bernadette “Bernie” O’Dea’s house burns down on New Year’s Eve with an unidentified body in the charred rubble – who may or may not be her missing tenant – it’s clear the new year won’t be nice and quiet after all.
Bernie is already navigating boyfriend and police chief Pete Novotny’s increasingly challenging struggle with PTSD, so when the arson and murder investigation narrows its focus on her, she plunges into work trying to find an oasis of normalcy. Getting to the bottom of the local college’s plans for expansion is just the ticket.
Or not.
What Bernie thought would be a simple story isn’t simple at all, and she begins to uncover a dark conspiracy, with tentacles that reach to every corner of Redimere, including into Pete’s troubled police department.
The farther Bernie digs, the more tragic, and ultimately deadly, the consequences.
427 pages, Paperback
Published October 27, 2024
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About the author
Maureen Milliken
8 books27 followersMaureen Milliken is an award-winning Maine mystery writer. She was a long-time journalist who worked for daily newspapers in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Her book "Dying For News," the fourth in the Bernadette "Bernie" O'Dea mystery series, was named 2025 Maine Literary Award winner for crime fiction.
She’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and blogs with other Maine crime writers at Mainecrimewriters.com.
She also co-hosts a true-crime podcast, Crime & Stuff, with her sister, Maine artist Rebecca Milliken. She lives in central Maine.
Her book "Dying For News," the fourth in the Bernadette "Bernie" O'Dea mystery series, was named 2025 Maine Literary Award winner for crime fiction.
She’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and blogs with other Maine crime writers at Mainecrimewriters.com.
She also co-hosts a true-crime podcast, Crime & Stuff, with her sister, Maine artist Rebecca Milliken. She lives in central Maine.
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November 27, 2024
Amazing 4th book in the Bernie O’Dea series. My favorite so far. Once again this quirky journalist and her partner Pete kept me entertained. Excellent writing, some exciting plot turns, and interesting situations. Read it - you will like it.
December 31, 2024
This is a well written and fast paced addition to a fantastic mystery series. The characters are complex and flawed human beings doing their best to keep moving forward (like a shark 😉) in often frightening circumstances. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.
May 2, 2025
The Bernie O'Dea books just keep getting better. Maureen gets not only newsrooms but relationships. I loved it.
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