Journalist Alex Vane is always hunting for the truth. But now the truth may cost him his life...After exposing a low-level congressman for accepting bribes, Alex attends a conference and runs into an old friend--and flame--Media Studies Professor Camila Gray. But just as they begin to reconnect, Alex's business partner disappears, leaving Alex only one clue: the name of a hacker who was recently murdered. A source hints at a vaster conspiracy, one that may reach all the way up to t...

**A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes. One unthinkable crime.**The Crime Beat, Episode 1: New YorkPerched on the soft tar of a New York City rooftop, a mysterious sniper fires a single round from a fifty caliber rifle. Five stories below, his target collapses on the marble steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, dead.Crime reporter Jane Cole needs this ...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes, brought together by one unthinkable crime in . . .The Crime Beat, Episode 4: Las VegasArriving in Las Vegas, Cole and Warren meet an FBI agent who may have information about the assassinations. Then a mysterious retirement party for the leader of the New Vegas Mafia has them ...

Mia Rhodes was on the verge of transforming American politics. But when you take on the establishment, the establishment pushes back.Six months ago, Mia Rhodes was a Seattle office manager, toiling away from nine to five and spending her weekends managing her online political competition, Ameritocracy. Now, that competition is spreading across the American political landscape, making Mia a celebrity and giving Ameritocracy a real shot at upending the two-party syst...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes, brought together by one unthinkable crime . . .Listen to the first three episodes of this addictive series, brought together for the first time in one volume.

She set out to transform American democracy. Now she’s afraid of what will happen if she succeeds.Mia Rhodes created Ameritocracy to make it possible for anyone to become president. But as her online political competition races toward its finale, it’s poised to elect a Machiavellian manipulator with a winning smile, leaving Mia to wonder whether she’s changed anything at all.As the competition builds to its spectacular final debate in Washington, DC, Mia an...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes. One unthinkable crime.Listen to the final three episodes of this addictive series.The Crime Beat, Episode 7: Tokyo: Cole and Warren must split up. Cole travels to Tokyo as the ramifications of her article shock the world and her fame nearly drowns her. Meanwhile, Warren trave...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes. One unthinkable crime.The Crime Beat, Episode 8: San FranciscoIn Episode 8, Cole and Warren reconvene in San Francisco, hot on the trail of the mastermind of the nine murders. But when a Brazilian media mogul is killed while taking a selfie on the Golden Gate Bridge, they rea...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes. One unthinkable crime.The Crime Beat, Episode 9: Los AngelesIn the final episode of The Crime Beat, everything comes together in Los Angeles. On New Year's Eve, a brutal terrorist attack threatens the city. But is it connected to the nine murders? And will Cole and Warren rea...

Find the Source. Break the Story. Stay Alive.It's one year after the 9/11 attacks and court reporter Alex Vane is fighting to break into the flashy world of TV news. But when he uncovers the scoop of a lifetime, his tightly-controlled world is rocked: his editor buries his story, a source turns up dead, and Alex finds himself at the center of a violent media conspiracy.As he receives tips from a mysterious source, Alex enlists the help of a captivating professor, Camila Gra...

The two-party system was broken, so Mia Rhodes created an alternative.But when you fight the system, the system fights back.After a lifetime of political disillusionment, Mia Rhodes created an alternative to the two-party system: Ameritocracy. Part American Idol, part Iowa Caucus, her online political competition will find the most popular independent candidate in America and give them a genuine shot to win the presidency.Anyone can run … The American peopl...

A brilliant reporter, haunted by her husband's death . . .A disgraced cop, tangled in a web of lies . . .Two unlikely heroes, brought together by one unthinkable crime in . . .The Crime Beat, Episode 4: Las Vegas: Arriving in Las Vegas, Cole and Warren meet an FBI agent who may have information about the assassinations. Then a mysterious retirement party for the leader of the New Vegas Mafia has them questi...