Peg Tyre

Special 30th Anniversary Edition featuring a new foreword from the author. " Strangers in the Night is a terrifying novel of big-city crime reporting. Peg Tyre knows what she's talking about, and it shines through on every page." -- JAMES PATTERSON Ambitious but unseasoned crime reporter Kate Murray is hungry to prove herself at a cutthroat New York City tabloid. But when she blows a major murder story-- mistaking a slain crack dealer for a promising Harvard-bound student-- her editors give her one last chance to save her career. Scanning the weekend homicide reports, Kate spots a case no one else seems to be watching: Margaret Severing, a devoted nurse gunned down in the lobby of her Bushwick apartment building. Determined to redeem herself, Kate dives in, racing to uncover the truth before the police-- or her competitors-- can. Her reporting puts her on a collision course with two dangerous men: Detective John Finn, still shaken by a near-fatal incident and clinging to the hope that Kate might be a fresh start... and Dominick Donatti, a brooding psychopath and the sole witness to the nurse's killing, who believes Kate is his way out of the life closing in around him. As Kate chases the story of her career, she's drawn into a web of obsession, ambition, and violence-- where one wrong move could cost her everything.

In this new hardcover edition of In the Midnight Hour, Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author, Peg Tyre pens an exclusive foreword. Kate Murray, the once novice reporter covering the crime beat for a New York City tabloid now makes an uncertain foray into TV news as a producer and live-feed reporter. Her career worries are ever present but her ex-lover Detective John Finn, has it worse. The two meet once again, this time over bodies gone cold in the street, casualties of a drug bust gone wrong. One is a fellow cop, the other an unarmed seller. When Finn sees another cop being set up as the fall guy for the murder, and realizes his supervisor has ties to organized crime he gathers evidence to confront the corruption head on. Finn, battling his alcoholism, police corruption, and now faced with feelings that Kate has harbored for the two years they've been apart might just be too much. Can Kate and and Finn reconcile while a police scandal swallows them up? Will trying to protect one another simply push each other away once more? Ultimately Kate makes a choice between advancing her career, or giving love a second chance.

Award-winning education journalist Peg Tyre mines up-to-the-minute research to equip parents with the tools and knowledge necessary to get their children the best education possible We all know that the quality of education served up to our children in U. S. schools ranges from outstanding to shockingly inadequate. How can parents tell the difference? And how do they make sure their kids get what's best? Even the most involved and informed parents can feel overwhelmed and confused when making important decisions about their child's education. And the scary truth is that evaluating a school based on test scores and college admissions data is like selecting a car based on the color of its paint. Synthesizing cutting-edge research and firsthand reporting, Peg Tyre offers parents far smarter and more sophisticated ways to assess a classroom and decide if the school and the teacher have the right stuff. Passionate and persuasive, The Good School empowers parents to make sense of headlines; constructively engage teachers, administrators, and school boards; and figure out the best option for their child--be that a local public school, a magnet program, a charter school, homeschooling, parochial, or private.

Based on an extensive worldwide study, this book reveals what gets boys excited about learning Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys challenges the widely-held cultural impression that boys are stubbornly resistant to schooling while providing concrete examples of pedagogy and instructional style that have been proven effective in a variety of school settings. This book offers more than 100 detailed examples of lessons that succeed with male students, grouped thematically. Such themes include: Gaming, Motor Activities, Open Inquiry, Competition, Interactive Technology, and Performance/Role Play. Woven throughout the book is moving testimony from boys that both validates the success of the lessons and adds a human dimension to their impact. The author's presents more than 100+ specific activities for all content areas that have proven successful with male studentsDraws on an in-depth, worldwide study to reveal what lessons and strategies most engage boys in the classroomHas been described as the missing link that our schools need for the better education of boys