Hard News

Gideon McCarthy is a disgraced reporter trying to work his way off the night cops beat. Scarred by personal tragedy, locked in a bitter custody battle for two young children, he believes his career is all but over. If he has any hope of redemption, he must solve a series of savage killings.Prentice LaFontaine is McCarthy’s best friend, gossip extraordinaire and the black sheep of The Post, the Southern California newspaper for which they both toil. News, as he is known, wants the truth behind a multi-million dollar waterfront development.Together they will solve a mystery behind a thirty-year-old mystery that may involve The Post itself.