The Flack

Author Brad Parks began his writing career as a newspaper reporter on the East Coast at The Washington Post and The Star Ledger (Newark, NJ). Several of his novels are centered around journalism, as is The Flack.

The narrator of this tale is Curt Hinton, a reporter at a failing newspaper. Curt gladly accepts help from his best friend, Angel Reddish, to win a job at the West Coast Logistics Corporation, where Angel is in upper management. No surprise, Curt gets the job heading the corporate communications department.

Curt and his newly pregnant wife, Page, move from a small condo to a Marin County dream home. The job perks are mind-boggling – free corporate housing, a Rivian vehicle, and $350,000 salary. Yikes!
That’s when life becomes complicated. Curt must learn to navigate the labyrinth of the corporate culture at the privately held corporation without Angel, who was murdered during a carjacking. The plot unfolds with additional unsavory incidents. Curt is desperate to maintain his honest reporter conscience while the underbelly of the corporation is exposed in myriad events.

Brad Parks, winner of the Shamus, Nero, and Lefty mystery writer awards, adds The Flack to his growing list of successes.