Line of Sight

LINE OF SIGHT is the debut novel from James Queally, an award-winning crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Queally has a national profile, and with his acumen and expertise, his first novel will prove to be popular with readers who love suspenseful procedurals from authors like Michael Connelly, John Sandford, and George Pelecanos. Queally is well-known in the crime fiction field, having been frequent at conferences and having done popular articles like profiling the real-life policewoman who inspired Michael Connelly's character Renee Ballard. We expect fantastic blurbs, as well as strong support within the community. With Queally's media profile and contacts, we expect strong review and publicity coverage for LINE OF SIGHT.

The debut novel from novel award-winning crime reporter James Queally, an incredibly timely crime drama about a former crime reporter-turned-private investigator who comes into possession of a controversial, inflammatory video of police brutality that makes him enemy number one with the police department, and threatens to stir racial tensions and set Newark ablaze."AN AMAZING FIRST NOVEL." —MICHAEL CONNELLY The debut novel from award-winning crime reporter James Queally All favors come with a cost, and after using what little favors he has in the Newark PD to get his private investigators license, former crime reporter Russell Avery finds himself paying. He spends his days reluctantly keeping sideways cops out of the crosshairs of the Internal Affairs department. Until Keyonna Jackson, a social justice activist, presents him with a troubling video: a made-for-Youtube cell phone snippet chronicling the same kind of questionable use-of-force that had set New York City, Ferguson, and Cleveland on fire in recent years. The same use-of-force that he’s been covering up for Newark PD. Now, the young black man who filmed this video is dead and the more questions Russell asks, the less his cop buddies like him. For the first time in his life, Russell finds himself on the wrong side of the guys with the badges and guns. When details of the shooting become public—and a city with race riots in its DNA flirts with the idea of letting history repeat itself—Russell finds himself allying with street activists and gang members as he races to put together the biggest story of his life… before the city he needs to tell it to burns down around him.