Not since Dashiell Hammet’s characters Nick and Nora Charles has a couple exchanged so much biting banter in the course of solving a murder mystery.
Capturing the turbulence of Southeast DC and the opulence of Georgetown, Knight & Day richly evokes the contrast between the mean streets of Washington and the corridors of power on Capitol Hill.
Jerry Knight is the “Night Talker,” the opinionated right-wing host of America’s most popular all-night radio talk show. Jane Day is a thoroughly liberated and thoroughly liberal woman, a very ambitious reporter for the Washington Post. When a prominent environmentalist is murdered, Knight and Day race against a deadline, and each other, to solve a mystery that goes straight to the Hill.
Ron Nessen, a native of Washington, DC, was NBC’s chief White House correspondent until Gerald Ford named him presidential press secretary. Previously he was an NBC News war correspondent during the Vietnam War and was seriously wounded by grenade fragments. He is currently journalist in residence at the Brookings Institution.
Johanna Neuman is a career journalist, recently with USA Today, serving as White House correspondent, chief dipomatic correspondent, and foreign editor.
Christopher Lane is an award-winning actor, director, and narrator. He has been awarded the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration several times and has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.