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    Tuesday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. Deadlines: A Novel of Murder, Mystery, and the Media  BUY NOW Land-use activist Beverly Bancroft is slain on a stretch of Northern California shore. The killers, who disguise her death as an accident, work for Cornu Point, an equestrian resort seeking to boost profit from public land along the coast. The detectives are San Francisco newspaper reporters.   “Every reporter worth his or her notepad is a sleuth at heart. Paul McHugh brings this truth to life with crackling suspense and a true, ink-stained veteran's eye for the newsroom.” —Dan Rather, TV anchor and newsman “People who love San Francisco and appreciate a good mystery will find Paul McHugh’s ‘Deadlines’ a page-turner with unforgettable characters and a realistic view of crime. McHugh creates an eccentric figure who epitomizes an endangered species - a reporter who can connect the dots. My wife Beverly and I couldn’t put it down.” —Sheriff Mike Hennessey, of the City and County of San Francisco McHugh wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1985 to 2007. During that period, he also published a non-fiction book, Wild Places. Presently, McHugh writes for the New York Times, Washington Post and L.A. Times, as well as other publications. And he works on short and long fiction as well as non-fiction projects at his home on the San Francisco Peninsula. Paul McHugh: from newsman to novelist Louis Peitzman Thursday, February 18, 2010 Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/18/NS1I1C05E4.DTL#ixzz0fvOet70r