The Stroke of Death

About the Book

Obituaries tell life stories… and sometimes death stories. Lara Embers, a reporter at a small-town newspaper on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, is desperate to keep her job after Victor Blake, the new managing editor, comes on the scene with his own agenda. She 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. Addressing issues from single parenthood to cults, from the ethics of the news game to suicide, The Stroke of Death, set nearly two decades ago, will make you laugh a little and perhaps think a little about how modern society is trending.

About the Author

L. Ash and T. Clark are former journalists who have a deep and abiding affection for the Eastern Shore of Maryland and its people.