Matthew Williams (1) (1963–)

Vince Marshall is a reporter in a city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I gathered that the city, Apostle Bay, is based on Marquette, because Marquette is the largest city in the U.P. and the only one with ore docks, which are noted in the story. Other features of the city also point to Marquette. There are differences, too.

Vince is called to a scene where a woman has fallen - or been pushed, or threw herself in - off a steep cliff onto the rocks below. Vince was called by his godfather, show more the police chief, because Vince's mother had seen the incident and was shaken by it.

She won't talk about it, however, regardless of how often Vince asks her. He feels she is being eaten away by it and would benefit from talking, but also, he's a reporter and wants the full story.

He is driven by this personal connection to find the story. It takes a lot of digging and interviewing before he pieces it together, and it's an odd one.

I didn't come to like Vince much, but I liked putting together bits of the Upper Peninsula as presented in the book and as I remember it (I grew up there). show less

Great book woth a surprise ending. I truly enjoyed this authors writing style.