An easy, quick and enjoyable read. Really loved the female protagonist, Favor. Would recommend to others. Thanks to NetGalley for an eArc. Opinions are my own.

This was really a great read, and I was kept guessing from beginning to end! I can't wait to read some more by one my new favorite authors. Recommended.

Quick read at just over 130 pages. Pretty good book some of it seems really vastly written and jerky.

I tried- very, very hard to like this book. As someone who routinely works with law enforcement, the entire plot of this book is just so implausible. A journalist just randomly is let in by authorities? Nope.

Not only that, but the editing is terrible. I’m pained to have to rate this at two stars.

The Journalist
by R.N. Crane
Independently Published
Mystery & Thrillers
Pub Date 14 Aug 2020

I am reviewing a copy of The Journalist through Independently Published and Netgalley:



Favor Bosworth is a reporter for the Baltimore Sun Paper and is investigating the murders in the Loch Raven reservoir and the Las Vegas wash feeding Lake Mead. The girls who were murdered went to Law School at UNLV along with Dan Brock who left school early to pursue a career in investing. Favor interviewed many of the girls classmates, but it is only a few of them that seem to have the means, opportunity, and motive for murder.




Favor has also been asked to evaluate Brock Investments for reporting false investment return. She is assisted by two private investigators Flint Osborne and Lauren Scott. The three are led are led around Big Bear Lake, and through Long Beach, and Orange County looking for evidence. In the bed Favor discovers no one is who they say they are.


If you are looking for an intriguing read, that’s filled with adventure and suspense, I recommend The Journalist.



I give the Journalist four out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

This book was really a short story that was too rushed. It needs to be fleshed out more. The characters could be more developed.

This book by RN was written well. The characters were fun to grow with.
The setting was great. When I first seen this book I wanted so I was thriller when the pubs accepted.
Favor Bosworth is a reporter in Baltimore. Trying to u cover a universitys murdered girls.
This story was fast paced. Kept me pretty interested throughout the whole read.

This book is about a reporter, Favor who is tasked with helping undercover truths about two murders.

Overall, I enjoyed this read. It was fast and entertaining, with a good storyline.

Parts of the story and the writing were so clear and descriptive and I really enjoyed that. Other parts of the writing felt jerky and quickly written.

Overall, I enjoyed this read. I would reccomend.

Many thanks to the author, the publisher and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book. I read and reviewed this voluntarily and opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

Disclaimer: I got this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is perfect for anyone who's a fan of mysteries. I got a B.A. in Journalism and I loved reading about a female journalist covering investigations. There are a lot of twists and turns so it's the perfect book for fans of mysteries/nancy drew esque books.

Fab cover? Check.

Short and sweet? 130 pages plus change.

Cool character with cool name? Oh yeah. Female journalist named Favor. I dig.

Tense? Yes and yes. Favor investigates mirrored murders on the East and West coasts, plus investment fraud as murky as a Hitchcock flick.

One wild ride? “Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”

4 of 5 Stars

Pub Date 14 Aug 2020
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Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Investigative Reporter Favor Bosworth is looking at a woman lying on the ground with a knife stuck in her chest. The police can't give her much information, but her investigation turns up a similar murder in Las Vegas.

After speaking to her friend, who is a private investigator, they join forces to see what they can find. The only link they discover is that both women attended the same college, along with Dan Brock, a man who knew the women and disliked them for one reason or another. Brock has since disappeared.

Favor is then tasked to evaluate Brock Investments for reporting false investment returns. Any connection to the murders?

Favor is not surprised that no one seems to be who they appear to be. And one of them now has a target on Favor's back.

This is a very short story (less than 150 pages) written by a new author to me, so had no expectations. The plot was a good one, but I felt it was muddied by so many characters that I felt no connection to. The writing felt a little stilted .. more like I was being told what had happened, rather than what was happening in the present. Some of the conversations were less than credible. The romance seemed to be an afterthought.

Many thanks to the author / RNC Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this mystery. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.