Miguel Garcia saved the day in January. His quick thinking stopped the Eyewitness News building from going up in flames with all of his friends and co-workers trapped inside.
And he relives that moment almost nightly in his nightmares.
It's not the only nightmare he's facing. He wants to do some video reporting of the escalating homelessness situation in downtown Portland.
Someone seems to be trying to kill him.
Or is that just another nightmare?
The 17th book in the Newsroom PDX suspense series about a college newsroom in downtown Portland during the pandemic and protests, and now its aftermath. There's a new editor, and new stories to be told. But it's still Portland: foul language, some sex, and lot's of politics.
"Dystopian fiction from today's headlines."
L.J. Breedlove is a former journalist writing mysteries and thrillers about what she knows: complicated people, small towns, big cities, cops, reporters, politicians, assorted bad guys.
L.J. grew up on a cattle ranch and then went to college to be an oceanographer. She decided getting seasick was not a good trait for any oceanographer to have, and discovered journalism instead — a field that liked people who asked questions!
As a reporter and editor, she worked in Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, and Washington, D. C. — places that have become the sites for her books. She got homesick for the Pacific Northwest and came home to work with college newspapers and teach journalism.
She is an over-educated, bleeding-heart liberal with a penchant for heroes such as Jack Reacher. She isn't particularly bothered by the inconsistency. Some of her thrillers have werewolves in them — that doesn’t faze her either.
You can follow her on Facebook at ljbreedlove. Best place to find her — besides a local coffee shop — is at ljbreedlove.com. You can sign up for her email newsletter there!