The Evening News

The Evening News by Arthur Hailey Terrorists target a TV
anchorman and his family in the #1 New York
Times–bestselling author’s novel set in the high-pressure
network news industry. Anchorman Crawford Sloane a
respected reporter who made his name as a Vietnam War
correspondent thrives on the unpredictability of life in
the newsroom. Whether he’s covering the imminent crash of
an airliner in distress terror in South America or riots
in Eastern Europe or dealing with the cold-blooded
politics of one of America’s premier news organizations he
never loses his cool. With terrorism dominating the
evening news Sloane takes precautions because he knows
that as the face of American democracy he’s a prime target
for radicals. But when terrorists kidnap his family he’s
no longer reporting the news; he’s living it. Unwilling to
rely on the help of ruthless network executives or the
intrepid reporter who was once a rival for the affections
of his wife Sloane sets out to track down the kidnappers
himself—and he soon learns that pure terror can lie behind
the headlines.