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R. G. Belsky

The Last Scoop by R. G. Belsky: New Excerpt

By R. G. Belsky

May 14, 2020

CHAPTER 1 I was sitting in my office at Channel 10 News, drinking black coffee and skimming through the morning papers when I saw the article about Marty Barlow. It was a brief item about the murder of a man on an East Side New York City street. It identified the victim as Martin Barlow.…

5 Notorious Cold Cases: Crimes I’ve Covered That Will Probably Never Be Solved

By R. G. Belsky

May 8, 2020

Most crime stories have a beginning and an end. They start with the crime, then the investigation by law enforcement authorities—and finally the solving of the case. But that’s not the way it works with cold cases. All we have left is unanswered questions. Which is what makes cold cases so fascinating. As a longtime…

Q&A with R. G. Belsky, Author of The Last Scoop

By John Valeri

May 5, 2020

R.G. Belsky has forged an impressive, decades-long career in writing both fact and fiction. As a journalist, he served as metropolitan editor of the New York Post, managing editor of the New York Daily News, news editor at Star Magazine, and, most recently, a managing editor at NBC News. As a novelist, he’s published fourteen…

Q&A with R. G. Belsky, Author of Below the Fold

By John Valeri

May 29, 2019

R.G. Belsky is a veteran journalist in New York City who has an extensive background in newspapers, magazines, and TV/digital news. A former managing editor at the New York Daily News, he has also been a top editor at the New York Post, Star magazine, and NBC News. Belsky brings that expertise to the realm…

Fact or Fiction: Visiting 5 Real-life Crime Sites

By R. G. Belsky

May 6, 2019

I’m a mystery author these days, and I’ve published a dozen novels. But I’m also a longtime journalist who’s covered most of the big crime stories over the years while working for the New York Post, Star magazine, New York Daily News and NBC News. My new book, Below the Fold, is about a TV…

5 Real-Life News Stories I Covered that Inspired My Mystery Fiction

By R. G. Belsky

May 21, 2018

I’ve spent most of my life covering the news as a journalist. I worked at the New York Post, New York Daily News, Star magazine and NBC News. I was there for all of the big crime stories over the past several decades: Son of Sam, O. J. Simpson, John Lennon, Jon Benet, and so…

Yesterday’s News: New Excerpt

By R. G. Belsky

Yesterday’s News is about a legendary missing-child cold case—and a journalist obsessed with finding out the answers to what really happened. When 11-year-old Lucy Devlin disappeared on her way to school more than a decade ago, it became one of the most famous missing child cases in history. The story turned reporter Clare Carlson into…

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