{"id":627,"date":"2022-03-02T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/?page_id=627"},"modified":"2022-03-02T13:03:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T21:03:02","slug":"if-it-bleeds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/if-it-bleeds\/","title":{"rendered":"If It Bleeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51UvQyj9psL._SX326_BO1204203200_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-496 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51UvQyj9psL._SX326_BO1204203200_-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"If It Bleeds\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51UvQyj9psL._SX326_BO1204203200_-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/51UvQyj9psL._SX326_BO1204203200_.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a>Nicole Charles didn\u2019t go to journalism school to become a gossip columnist, but the job fell into her lap right out of school and her immigrant work ethic just won\u2019t let her quit to find something she\u2019d like better. It\u2019s a good job, but she struggles with the stigma attached to her position by other reporters. More than anything, she wants to be a real reporter, but it looks like she\u2019s never going to get a chance.<\/p>\n<p>Then one night while covering a gallery opening, she discovers a dead body in a dark alley. An up and coming artist has been stabbed in the throat with an antique icepick. Nicole is right in the middle of the biggest story of the year. It\u2019s the chance of a lifetime. Too bad someone had to die to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p><i>If It Bleeds<\/i>\u00a0is the first novel in a series of mysteries featuring rookie reporter Nicole Charles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicole Charles didn\u2019t go to journalism school to become a gossip columnist, but the job fell into her lap right out of school and her immigrant work ethic just won\u2019t let her quit to find something she\u2019d like better. It\u2019s a good job, but she &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/if-it-bleeds\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">If It Bleeds<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-627","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/627\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindalrichards.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}