The Stroke of Death

Obituaries tell life stories... and sometimes death stories. Lara Embers, a middle-aged reporter at a small-town newspaper on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, is desperate to keep her job after Victor Blake, the new, young managing editor, comes on the scene with his own agenda. Lara acts on a tip from a distraught widow and a gut feeling, seeing a pattern of dark coincidence in recently published obituaries. The new managing editor is looking for a big story and he just may get one. The...
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Obituaries tell life stories... and sometimes death stories. Lara Embers, a middle-aged reporter at a small-town newspaper on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, is desperate to keep her job after Victor Blake, the new, young managing editor, comes on the scene with his own agenda. Lara acts on a tip from a distraught widow and a gut feeling, seeing a pattern of dark coincidence in recently published obituaries. The new managing editor is looking for a big story and he just may get one. The Stroke of Death, set nearly two decades ago, addresses issues ranging from the ethics of the news game to single parenthood, cults and all the Baby Boomers raging against the dying of the light.