Dr. Linda Reid signs DEAD AIR

Sammy Greene, junior at Ellsford University, is a journalism major and host on the campus radio station. A five foot nothing redhead, Sammy is tenacious, stubborn, and independent. After the suicide of a student, she is asked to do a radio program on the signs leading up to suicide. Because of her family history, Sammi does not want to think about the suicides. Plus she is more interested in covering the Reverend Taft and his Traditional Values Coalition. During the group’s last demonstration at the Nitshi Institute, research monkeys were released and one of the members was bitten. In spite of her preference, Sammy begins to research the suicide victims. She also interviews Barton Conrad, a popular teacher, after he receives the Ellsworth Teaching Award. Brilliant and uncompromising, Dr. Conrad becomes the next person on campus to commit suicide.
When Luther Abbott, the student bitten during the demonstration, is rumored to have disappeared, Sammy tries to connect the suicides to the Reverend’s group. Instead the investigation leads her to the campus clinic and a doctor at the Nitshi Institute. Someone tries to run Sammy over with a car. Photos taken by Sammy of the demonstration are stolen. Gus Papajohn, the head of campus security, believes Conrad’s suicide was murder. He warns Sammy to curtail her investigation. In spite of his warning, Sammy continues to probe into events on campus and investigate people tied to the suicide victims, the missing student, and the research conducted by Nitshi Institute.
As a character, Sammy appealed to me. She is a flawed, appealing young woman. The multi-layered story keeps the reader turning pages and, in spite of hints sprinkled throughout the book, the conclusion comes as a shock. This is a book is worth investigating.  
-- Guest Reviewer Sandra Hale