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Overview: Geri L. Dreiling is the author of the novels "Crime Beat Girl" and "Erasing the Past."
Dreiling’s background is eclectic. She is an award-winning alt-weekly journalist, a lawyer who represented clients in criminal defense matters, and she served a stint as the public information officer for the prosecutor’s office in the city of St. Louis. Dreiling currently teaches media law and media ethics.
Her narrative journalism article about juvenile delinquent girls was featured in the anthology, "Notes from the Underground: The Most Outrageous Stories from the Alternative Press." She also wrote a lengthy piece, "Best Evidence," about a questionable murder conviction. Ultimately, the man won his release from prison through the efforts of The Innocence Project.
Dreiling lives in the city of St. Louis with her husband and a rescued Yorkie mix. Her three chickens call the backyard home. Dreiling’s two children, now fully grown, have flown the coop.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
Crime Beat Girl (#1)
A girl is dead. A boy is locked up. Can Debbie Bradley discover the truth before more lives are lost…maybe even her own?
A series of deadly shootings. An outbreak of stolen cars. When journalist Debbie Bradley returns home to St. Louis, the summer crime wave has started. And she’s in the center: A witness, a reporter, a target.
Debbie’s reasons for leaving behind her promising career in Washington D.C. were complicated. Her mother, a prominent lawyer, was diagnosed with cancer. Her engagement was cooling. When she got offered a job in St. Louis that she hadn’t been looking for, Debbie recognized an opportunity. Or an escape.
But she didn’t expect to come home and see a girl die. Debbie never planned to investigate a boy behind bars. And she didn’t anticipate colliding with hostile cops and wary politicians. As her work gains attention, Debbie gathers enemies. Will her assignment to cover the St. Louis crime beat be her last?
The Poison Dart (#2)
The ripple effects of an overdose send shock waves through a community.
A sweeping drug bust upends lives, exposing the cartel’s deep reach into the Midwest.
A quest for a better life threatens to destroy a family.
As Debbie Bradley digs deeper into each story, startling connections emerge. When fates collide, who will survive?
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