Product Description A mystery/suspense thriller, Deadline is the story of young and idealistic Hannah Tyler,a suburban San Diego high school English and Journalism teacher, who becomes the common denominator in a series of mysterious events linking her with a paradoxical colleague, a hostile graduate, and two new, ambitious students. One of the four is murdered and another is arrested in the case. A third earns Hannahs trust only to betray her, and the fourth becomes her unexpected ally. Nothing makes sense until the day a gun comes into the school.An interesting read and a study on the state of todays schools . . . 335 pages of twists and turns and story lines that could be ripped from the headlines of any national newscast, from a teacher having inappropriate relationships with teens to a student bringing a handgun to school . . . Gilmore sets the framework to address and explain trends in public education . . . keeps the story moving quickly and squeezes debatable issues like teenage drug use into the cracks of a fast-moving plot. It is a commendable first effort.·The Jackson Hole News Gilmore does an excellent job of taking us into the world of high-school journalism. As the class examines school violence, drugs, and freedom of the press, we get a good look at the San Diego setting as well as the problems of modern high schools.·Heartland Review About the Author Ellen M. Gilmore is a former high school English teacher with 14 years experience in Santee, California, a suburb of San Diego. Prior to becoming a teacher, Ellen was a newspaper journalist. Also an avid dog-lover, Ellen has been published in DogFancy magazine and Southern California Dog. Now retired from teaching, she lives in Star Valley, Wyoming, and Palm Springs, California, with her husband, Don. Deadline is her first novel.