A Little Trouble with the Facts by Nina Siegal

A mysterious voice on the other end of the line tells her the artist' s death was a murder-and if she were a real reporter, she' d investigate. However, when she writes about a recently deceased once-famous graffiti artist, the phone calls start. Now she' s on the obituary desk writing death notices, and it feels like a dead end. Then she stumbled, rather publicly, and lost it all-her column, her fiance, her access behind the city' s velvet ropes.

Valerie Vane was an up-and-coming lifestyle reporter at a prominent New York City daily. 'A great read.'-Quick and Simple Magazine About the Author:īook Description Paperback. A compulsively readable debut.'-Margot Livesey, author of BANISHING VERONA, EVA MOVES THE FURNITURE, and THE MISSING WORLD 'I know I'm only the first of many readers who will fall in love with Valerie Vane, irresistible heroine of Nina Siegal's wonderfully witty novel. Smart, fast, funny!'-Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits and Daughter's Keeper 'More proof that the hardboiled novel is alive and kicking: a novel that is both thrilling to read and beautifully written. Good luck putting A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE FACTS down for the night.'-Lucinda Rosenfeld, author of WHAT SHE SAW and WHY SHE WENT HOME 'A novel as rich as it is eminently readable. 'Siegal blends glamour and gutter into a delicious cocktail, equal parts behind-the-scenes dish and crime novel.'-Publishers Weekly She's smart, she's funny, she's sexy.'-James Hynes, author of THE LECTURER'S TALE, KINGS OF INFINITE SPACE, and PUBLISH AND PERISH: THREE TALES OF TENURE AND TERROR 'Valerie Vane is the best thing to hit the newspaper biz since Rosalind Russell cracked wise with Cary Grant. Siegal is a delightful writer.'-Associated Press

'WHAT YOU'LL LOVE: Siegal's talent for nailing the details that illuminate an era - from the mid-'80s art boom to the late '90s social swirl - makes for a transporting read.'-Washington Post 'Siegal has subtly rejuvinated the (noir) genre.'-Brooklyn Rail Magazine 'Witty.Nina Siegal gets it right.'-Page Six, New York Post

A Little Trouble with the Facts by Nina Siegal