Dead Cat Alley

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Dead Cat Alley is written by James Chatfield and published by Xlibris Corporation. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1465362584 (ISBN 10) and 9781465362582 (ISBN 13).

In the year 2025, newspaper editor Justin Wright takes on the establishment to find justice when a homeless woman is murdered and one of his young reporters is assaulted. The crime takes place in a Sacramento alley, the famous Dead Cat Alley, known for its public arts project: ceramic rooftop cats with over-sized eerie eyes. Soon it appears that the murder and assault may have been unrelated and that the reporter may have been working on a story with important implications for a local politician. Despite the futuristic time frame, Dead Cat Alley is anything but sci-fi. Rather, the book is a straightforward mystery in which people struggle with the same problems as today: relationship issues, balancing work and home life. Politicians are still caught up in power grabs; local governments are still arguing over funding issues. But the heart of this story is a subject clearly near and dear to veteran journalist Chatfield: the survival of newspapers. While editor Wright laments the slow demise of the newspapers of his day (“We’d bleed for stories, and some guy in a suit who never even saw the inside of a newsroom decided we should put our work online for nothing”), the Newspaper Preservation Act of 2014 has made papers viable again. Information is conveyed and constantly updated on thin sheets of plastic embedded with multicolored silicon particles that rearrange themselves via micro electric currents. The so-called ipapers can be folded, pocketed, unfolded and recharged. The mystery is a puzzler – even down to the last page – but in a good way: Readers wondering whether their take on the whodunit is what the author intended will want to discuss the ending with others. - Blue Ink Reviews In the year 2000 Dead Cat Alley had been declared an historic landmark. But by 2025 it had become a haven for Sacramento’s underclass, and then murder scene. Author James Chatfield takes readers on a thrilling ride in the year 2025 as Sacramento Valley Times Editor Justin Wright — himself on the edge of career burnout uses futuristic technology to solve the murder of an old woman and death a young reporter. As he probes deep into his investigation, Wright uncovers a complex web of deceit, politics, and murder that could very well cost him his life or the life of the woman who shares his passion for the written word. Filled with unpredictable twists and turns, Dead Cat Alley is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats as they unravel the mystery. For more information on this book, interested parties may log on to www.Xlibris.com.