Bad Day’s Work

Nora McFarland has worked for CNN and has an M.F.A. from USC's school of cinema and television. She lives in Macon, Georgia. This is her first novel.

The debut in a new series, A Bad Day's Work is a fast-paced and funny mystery starring a wonderfully flawed TV shooter.

Lilly Hawkins is having one of those days. . . . The last thing she needs is a murder to solve. Nothing seems to be going Lillys way. A TV news photographer at her hometown television station, shes one of the hardest working "e;shooters"e; there, but her pit-bull personality and a series of unlucky blunders have put her job in jeopardy. So when an urgent story breaks in the middle of the night, Lilly is determined to turn her bad luck around and get the respect she deserves. But the pressure is on; either she delivers amazing video or shes fired. After busting her butt and dodging the cops, Lilly has what could be the biggest scoop of her careerexclusive video of a murder scene. Or does she have it? Lilly is stunned when the tape played in front of the entire newsroom is nothing but dead air. Soon shes on the run from criminals and police, both of whom claim Lillys video is the key to solving the murder and think she pocketed the real tape. Can she escape her pursuers long enough to catch the killer, or will she end the day as the next victim? Lillys bad day just keeps getting worse, but the one thing she knows for sure is that shed like to live to see more of them. . . .

Lilly Hawkins is having one of those days. . . . The last thing she needs is a murder to solve. Nothing seems to be going Lillys way. A TV news photographer at her hometown television station, shes one of the hardest working "e;shooters"e; there, but her pit-bull personality and a series of unlucky blunders have put her job in jeopardy. So when an urgent story breaks in the middle of the night, Lilly is determined to turn her bad luck around and get the respect she deserves. But the pressure is on; either she delivers amazing video or shes fired. After busting her butt and dodging the cops, Lilly has what could be the biggest scoop of her careerexclusive video of a murder scene. Or does she have it? Lilly is stunned when the tape played in front of the entire newsroom is nothing but dead air. Soon shes on the run from criminals and police, both of whom claim Lillys video is the key to solving the murder and think she pocketed the real tape. Can she escape her pursuers long enough to catch the killer, or will she end the day as the next victim? Lillys bad day just keeps getting worse, but the one thing she knows for sure is that shed like to live to see more of them. . . .