Brad Parks

The Good Cop Brad Parks

As long as Newark Eagle-Examiner reporter Carter Ross turns in his stories on deadline, no one bats an eye if he doesnt wander into the newsroom until 10 or 11 in the morning. So its an unpleasant surprise when hes awakened at 8:38 by a phone call from his boss, telling him a local policeman was killed and Carter will be covering the story, starting immediately. Hes baffled when, hours later, there are still no other reporters at the widows house. And then he gets another call from his boss: the storys off, the cop committed suicide. But when Carters calls to the police and the morgue are repeatedly blocked, it's clear someone knows more than he's saying about the cop's death.