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BOOKS DRIVE TIME is nominated for the ANTHONY for Best Paperback Original of 2010 and an AGATHA Award for Best Mystery of 2010, as well as a finalist for the DAPHNE AWARD for Best Mainstream Mystery/Suspense novel of 2010!
When everyone has a secret, the real mystery is knowing when to tell. Investigative reporter Charlotte McNally is an expert at keeping things confidential, but suddenly everyone has something to hide—and even Charlie realizes it's possible to know too much. Her latest television scoop—an expose of a dangerous car scam, complete with stakeouts, high-speed chases and hidden-camera footage—is ratings gold. Now, in the prime time of her journalism career, it seems like Charlie's dreams are about to come true. If she can just balance her career and her upcoming wedding—perhaps she can really have it all. But soon Charlie's personal and professional lives are put on a terrifying collision course. Her fiancé is privy to information about ugly phone calls at an elite private school, threats that are suddenly turning deadly. There's a mysterious death. And then—another. Her soon-to-be stepdaughter may be in danger. Her fiancé comes under suspicion. Then Charlie's career takes a turn she never could have predicted. Charlie was starting to believe in second chances, but now she must face the chilling reality: revenge, extortion, family secrets, and murder may leave her alone again—or even dead.  PRAISE
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Mira paperback, February 2010, ISBN: 978-0778327974
AWARDS & RECOGNITION DRIVE TIME is nominated for an AGATHA Award for Best Mystery of 2010!
PRAISE STARRED REVIEW: "Buckle up and prepare for a wild ride as Charlie McNally and Boston's Channel 3 News investigate a nefarious car theft/forgery operation and race to get their story on the air before their lives are endangered. In the meantime, Charlie becomes consumed with secret sleuthing as blackmail and suspicious deaths threaten the private, prestigious Bexter Academy where her fiancé teaches. Amid late-night stakeouts and dangerous car chases, Charlie finds time for romance, wedding planning, and bonding with her future stepdaughter. In her fourth series entry (after Prime Time, Face Time, and Air Time), Ryan once again channels her Emmy-winning investigative reporting expertise to craft a realistic and compelling mystery, full of hairpin turns and dangerous intersections at breakneck speed. Verdict: Placing Ryan in the same league as Lisa Scottoline and Julie Kramer, her latest book catapults the reader into the fast lane and doesn't relent until the story careens to a stop. New readers will speed to get her earlier books, and diehard fans will hope for another installment." —Library Journal, Dec. 2009, reprinted with permission "A complex plot sprinkled generously with humor and Charlie's wisecracking first-person narrative are the highlights of this extremely entertaining mystery. Don't miss it. Summary: Ace investigative reporter Charlie McNally is working on a story that has "Emmy" written all over it—an expose of a car-cloning operation—and she's just been offered her dream job in New York. But the timing is off: she and her fiancé, Josh Gelston, are planning a wedding and a life in Boston. Complicating her life even further, Charlie smells a story behind the scenes at the posh Bexter Academy, the private school where Josh teaches. Someone is making threats regarding the students, which include Josh's daughter, Penny. Would following up be a conflict of interest for Charlie? It's a fine line, but she can't resist. Discreet digging unearths a web of secrets and blackmail and puts Charlie squarely in a killer's crosshairs once more." —Catherine Witmer, Romantic Times Book Reviews (4-1/2 stars!) "Superb series...Ryan's ability to portray these universal dilemmas is her true genius, and one that makes this series an enduring joy to read." —Lynne F. Maxwell, Mystery Scene Magazine "5 Stars, Fantastic. The three D's of writing popular fiction—deadlines, desire and deception—have catapulted Hank Phillippi Ryan to headline news for her Charlotte McNally series of mysteries. The rollercoaster pace of Drive Time, from high-speed chases following hot leads to a clandestine nighttime stakeout, places the reader on the edge and behind the scenes of the daily life of a television reporter." —Bookreporter.com "Hank Phillippi Ryan knows the television business entirely; she understands plotting; and she writes beautifully. No wonder I loved Drive Time. Anyone would." —Robert B. Parker "Drive Time may be Hank Phillippi Ryan's best novel yet—a stunning and timely plot enhanced by the life-changing events in her investigative reporter's personal and professional life. A realistic and endearing portrait of a woman trying to have it all. (And if any woman can, that woman is Charlotte McNally.)" —Margaret Maron "Drive Time is Hank Phillippi Ryan at her nonstop best. I loved it! The story grabbed me on the first page and didn't let go until the very last page...and I can't wait for more Charlotte McNally. Smart, witty and no one's fool, Charlie is a heroine for today. Readers won't be able to get enough of her." —Carla Neggers "Loved it! Smart, funny, fresh, intriguing and thoroughly entertaining—I highly recommend this series." —Suzanne Brockmann "Charlotte McNally [dubbed "Charlie Mac" by her 9-year-old soon-to-be step-daughter], the protagonist in this engrossing series, is an investigative reporter at a local TV channel in Boston...Splitting her time between her condo on Beacon Hill and Josh's Brookline residence, she finds her loyalties somewhat divided when Josh confides in her something which she feels can be the tip of an iceberg which would be a huge story. Things become even more complicated when she is offered a network job in NYC, and her personal and professional lives battle for supremacy...The suspenseful tale escalates with threats and deaths among the Bexter 'family' and the 'who-is-behind-this' tension in both aspects of the plot. The fact that the author herself is an investigative TV journalist and multiple Emmy-Award winner lends an unmistakable authenticity to the novel, which is recommended." —Gloria Feit, Midwest Book Reviews  |
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