*thank you to Netgalley, Oceanview Publishing and R.G. Belsky for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*


2 stars.

I dont even know where to begin. This had potential. It could have worked out quite well. Unfortunately for me this was not a book I'll remember for being amazing. At a push, I've given it 2 stars which means it was 'Ok'. Nothing more though I tried to like it. Tried to hope it would be 3 stars and be 'Good'. But I was disappointed.

There were way too many scenes that I found boring. I was not interested in her personal life and expecually any kind of romance. I wanted the story. I wanted the focus to be on the little girl Lucy. It only half was which meant a lot of the time I spent skim reading. We all know that if you find yourself skim reading enough of a story, you lose that connection you get when you get lost in a great book. We have all felt that and it's what makes reading so amazing. So to have to feel like you need to push yourself to keep reading, it's not a pleasant experience.

Saying that though, while I did t really like the main character, it did have some scenes that I did enjoy which is why I kept going until the end and why this book is given 2 stars and not 1. It's also why I said this had potential. The Author can write interesting scenes. There just weren't enough of them in this particular book.

In the future I would give this author another go. Probably not this series but another one, I would try.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this book. Unfortunately it’s not the book for me. DNF @ 18%.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author, for an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.
Unfortunately, I have tried reading this book on 2 separate occasions and during that 2nd attempt, I have only managed to make it halfway through so I'd rather stop here and state that this book just wasn't for me.

This was a decent, quick read. I did find that there were maybe a few too many coincidences, but it was entertaining nonetheless. It was also something a little different since we got a peek in to the reality of a newsroom.

It sure got an intriguing premise. A missing child case gone cold and later on reopened and believed to be a kidnapping. It was a complex case which leads Clare in a lot of directions. Add a politician as a possible suspect and you’re sure in for an exciting read. I like how we follow the investigation of the case through a journalist and not the usual detective. It’s interesting to see how the case will progress with the journalistic approach. Clare’s character is flawed yet likeable enough to make you want to follow her story. She is also well-developed.

The question of what really happened to Lucy lingered all throughout. It took on a lot of unexpected turns, some are even dark, that will surely catch you by surprise. I find them impressive but there’s just too much of them. It was well and good the first few times but when it keeps on coming, it gets tiresome. It feels like everything just go around in circles. They are actually great twists but there are so many coincidences that seemed improbable. At that point, I just want the story to be over and get done with it. All in all, though, it was a solid, well-written mystery and I find it quite a good read.

"Is hope---even false hope--- the worst thing in the world to give someone?"
An intriguing mystery that has been going on for fifteen years. A kidnapping, with no resolve, happened many years ago.
Now , as a a reporter who has won a pulitzer from this case originally, Clare is looking to reopen and investigate just what happened and bring some conclusion for Lucy's mother.
The twists and turns of this novel are amazing and I was sure I knew who murdered this little girl, but I actually was so far off the mark that I couldn't believe it!
I was given a copy of this book by the publisher and this is my honest review of this novel

R.G. Belsky sure knows how to hold a reader's attention! Yesterday's News, which deals with missing children, could be ripped from any given day's headlines.

It's the 15th anniversary of the date when eleven year old Lucy Devlin went missing. Clare Carlson, a journalist at the time, covered the story so exceptionally that she won a Pulitzer prize for her work. Now 45 and three-times divorced, Clare has moved on to management in television news but misses the excitement of her old work. When the anniversary brings forth new information from the missing girl's mother, who is now dying, Clare's investigative journalistic side is stirred and she is determined to see this cold case reopened and answers found.

Little does Clare know where this decision will lead her. She finds herself involved with people ranging from members of motorcycle gangs to someone running for the U.S. Senate. Before there were no suspects, now there are too many. Seems like everyone has secrets that they don't want exposed, even Clare herself.

Belsky does a great job of handing the reader red herrings, and unexpected twists right up to the very end. This is an absorbing, fast-paced read! Four-stars from me!

Thanks to NetGalley and Oceanview Publishing for allowing me to read an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

Like the author, I've spent time as managing editor (and reporter and copy editor) of a newspaper, albeit something like 429 miles from big-time New York City. Unlike the author, though, I couldn't write a word of fiction if my life depended on it. No matter - he does it so well that I was perfectly content to kick back, pull out my Kindle and enjoy the heck out of this one.

It is that print/TV/news "connection," of course, that initially prompted me to request an advance review copy (thanks to the publisher, via NetGalley, for making that happen). But it was the intricate, well-written plot, with all its twists and turns, that hooked me from the beginning and didn't let go till the end (and then some). In short, it's one of the best books I've read in quite some time.

The star of the show is Clare Carlson, a newspaper reporter-turned-TV news director - the latter a position she earned in large part because of earning a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the disappearance of 11-year-old Lucy Devlin back in her newspaper days. When Lucy's long-suffering mother claims to have new information on her daughter's disappearance, Clare's TV boss agrees to do an update on the missing child story (bringing to my mind one of the things I hate most about TV news - a reporter shoving a microphone into the face of a grieving family member). But I digress; Clare agrees, and when she meets with Lucy's mother, she learns the woman is dying of cancer. Apparently, the mother has been informed of someone who saw her young daughter with a motorcycle gang - a gang to which the girl's ex-husband once belonged.

With her boss's approval, Clare starts to dig (after all, she's got a stake in the case as well as in the success of the TV update). The trail leads to a "biker chick" who claims to have seen Lucy way back when - with a man who's now in the running for a big-time political office. Clare is in awe of the guy (and it doesn't hurt that he's an unmarried hunk), but she's suspicious as well. Then, bodies of other young children are unearthed, and Clare suspects they may be related to Lucy's case and once again begins to dig in.

But surprise - as any good reporter knows, there's always more to a story than meets the eye or ear. Now it's time to get serious - and in the process, unearth some news that Clare would be happy to keep buried.

Well done - highly recommended!

Clare won a Pulitzer when she was a working journalist for her coverage of the disappearance of Lucy but the case was never solved. Now she's in management at a TV station and at the behest of Lucy's mom, she goes at it again. This one has some entertaining bits at the tv station (will make you chuckle and probably remind you of your own local station) and a twisty turny mystery. Some of the twists are very out there but the book is compulsively readable. Thanks to the publisher for the ARC. There are an incredible number of missing kids out there somewhere and if only more of them had Clare on their sides.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of Yesterday's News by R. G. Belsky that I read and reviewed.
This book was pretty good overall. It did start off a bit slow but the action did pick up and it was full of twist and turns and a number of surprises.
I am giving Yesterday's News four out of five stars.

This book didn’t keep my attention. I couldn’t read past the first couple
Of chapters before I got bored.

Very fast paced and very intriguing. I enjoyed how it kept me hooked and it was an original story. Nowadays so many books read the same. Highly recommend

Great read. It kept my interest and was engrossing. I liked it.

Clare is a journalist who made her career with a missing child story. She had incredible access to the family, and had exclusive after exclusive, and even won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the story. It has been 15 years since the child went missing, and the young girl was never found. Clare is now a news director for a TV station, and the girl's mother has never stopped looking for her child. When the mother contacts Clare, saying she has new evidence in the case, she also says she will only talk to Clare. Clare jumps back into investigative journalism and searches for the truth behind the girl's disappearance. During her search, she deals with a motorcycle gang, a popular politician, other cases of missing children, and many dark secrets.

The story is told from Clare's point of view. The characters were all well developed, and the story was intriguing enough to make this a fast read.

Good for fans of crime fiction and plot twists. A complex mystery with plenty of twists and turns. I love twists in a story, but this book had too much going on for me. On the plus side, some twists were completely unexpected and I didn't see them coming at all.

I received a copy of this book from Oceanview Publishing and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book is expected to be published in May 2018.

This was a suspenseful mystery that had characters that were dynamic and seemed like they were ripped out of today's headlines. There were plenty of twists and turns that happened throughout the book that kept me engaged with the story and characters. One of the main characters, Clare, made me feel as though I wanted to hug her and help her with some of the difficult decisions she had to make.

An intriguing story, well executed with a mind-blowing ending.

A news director at a New York TV station, Clare Carlson, wants to pursue a cold case involving a missing child, Lucy Devlin. As a newspaper reporter she won a Pulitzer for her coverage of the case when it occurred. New information turns up on the 15th anniversary of the tragedy and Clare is approached by Lucy’s mother who is dying and wants answers.

This complex plot has more twists than a bag of pretzels and very strategically placed red herrings. The author has very skillfully constructed a complicated and engaging mystery around the issue of missing children. The relatable characters and realistic dialogue he has created keep the pace moving. And the reader will never suspect the ending.

Yesterday's News is about Clare Carlson who works for a TV News station although now she is in a managerial position back when she was reporter she became obssessed with the disappearance of an eleven year old girl named Lucy Devlin. Now, new evidence has come to light in the case. Clare is determined to solve the mystery of what happened to Lucy both for Lucy's dying mother and for herself because there is just something drawing her to the case. This fast-paced thriller is very unpredictable. It is impossible to put down and fun to read. You will never know where the story is going until you reach the final pages. If you like a good mystery you'll enjpy this book.

Clare Carlson is a news editor for a television news program, but she used to be a hard-nosed journalist. When new evidence is revealed about the disappearance of Lucy Devlin, a child that disappeared years ago and whose story created Clare's big break, Clare jumps in again with both feet. The story continues with plenty of suspense and a fast pace - but there is something about Clare's relationship to the story that is revealed about halfway through the book that makes the reader question everything. Unfortunately, Belsky doesn't really follow up on this aspect of the story in a satisfactory way and the plot point was unnecessary and detracted from the overall story. That said, It was a good read and I would read another by Belsky.

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Yesterday’s News by R.G. Belsky

This is another digital ARC that I was lucky enough to read. Yesterday’s News is about a journalist who helps to uncover the truth about the kidnapping case of Lucy Devlin. This book was more than what I was expecting.

Clare Carlson’s biggest news story was the coverage of the kidnapping case of Lucy Devlin. The case unfortunately went cold. Fifteen years later, the mother of little Lucy says she has received information from an anonymous person about seeing Lucy years ago on the back of a motorcycle at a motorcycle convention. Clare decides to investigate this new information, and finds more than she bargained for. Six children’s bodies which had been found years previous are somehow related to Lucy’s disappearance. A man who is running for New York’s U.S. Senate position is also somehow connected.

I was shocked at some of the connections between the different pieces of information that Clare uncovered. While this story is sad due to the fact that most of the children who were murdered were victims of domestic abuse, this story was an enthralling read. I wish more of the characters were subjected to justice for the crimes they took part in. However, this shows the realistic-ness of humanity’s darker side.

Definately enjoyed this book. Would read more by the author