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Reporter Gabriel “Gabby” Gooding’s unexpected arrival at Channel 7 was not only met with suspicion and resentment, but her first story, the discovery of a long-dead body in the basement of a Minneapolis home, pits her against the rest of the staff when she suspects that it is more than a suicide. To add to her troubles before she can even get a chance to settle in, Gabby is forced to confront her past when it tracks her down to the Twin Cities.  As her investigation unfolds, Gabby and photographer Zach Anthony simultaneously fight her past and follow the twisted trail of a federal fugitive hiding in plain sight, a fugitive who would do anything to protect his identity...and his freedom.

Praise for Dead Too Long:

“Ron Handberg’s Dead too Long is another taut tale about those who cover the news we watch.  And why not?  The author is one of America’s greatest newsmen.  This story isn’t ripped from the headlines.  It is a story of that awful moment when the headlines come home to roost.” – former WCCO personality Don Shelby 

“As suspenseful as they come with plenty of roller-coaster twists and turns - as well as insights into a TV newsroom in the Internet age.  Handberg has created a winning character in Gabby, a feisty and appealing reporter determined to get her story no matter what.” -- David Housewright, Edgar-Award winning author  

About the Author: Ron Handberg has spent his entire career in broadcast journalism, beginning as a writer/reporter at WCCO Radio in Minneapolis all the way to News Director and, finally, as VP/General Manager of the television station. Over those years, the station’s news department became one of the most-honored in the country, winning numerous national and international awards for its reporting and documentary production. This is Ron’s sixth novel