Tamron Hall visits WBAL-TV in Baltimore on book tour

I WAS SO EXCITED TO JUMP INTO A NEW LANE. I’M OVER 50 NOW AND I CAN’T EVEN BELIEVE IT SOMETIMES. AND HAVING THE TALK SHOW FIVE SEASONS AND AND NOW FEELING SO COMFORTABLE AND AT HOME WITH THE TAMP. AM I WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE AND IT’S BEEN IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. I WAS BEFORE THE TALK SHOW, A TRUE CRIME REPORTER. I HAD A SHOW CALLED DEADLINE CRIME THAT WENT FOR SIX SEASONS, AND WHEN I WAS IN LOCAL NEWS, I WAS ALWAYS ON THE CRIME BEAT. SO THERE WERE SO MANY STORIES WITHIN ME AND THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TO TAKE THE PEOPLE OUT THERE ON THIS JOURNEY? AND SO FOR ME, THIS CHARACTER, JORDAN MANNING CAME TO BE, SHE IS INSPIRED IN PART BY MY LIFE BECAUSE SHE IS A JOURNALIST. BUT SHE’S ALSO A FORENSIC SCIENTIST AND PART REALLY VIGILANTE. SO WHAT WE SEE IS JORDAN IN THE NEWSROOM COVERING A STORY, BUT THEN FEELING HOLD THE MIC AND REPORTING THE NEWS IS NOT ENOUGH. SHE DOESN’T WANT TO JUST BE A WITNESS. SHE WANTS TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN SOLVING THESE CRIMES. AND SUSPENSE IS IT’S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. I KNOW IT’S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S FAVORITES BECAUSE IT’S SO GREAT. YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO JUST KEEP READING. YOU DON’T WANT TO PUT IT DOWN, AND THIS IS ONE OF YOUR GOALS. THAT WAS MY SO MY GOAL WAS NOT ONLY TO KEEP IT IN YOUR HANDS. READING I WANT TO KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT. SO THIS IS THE SECOND IN THE JORDAN MANNING SERIES. THE FIRST WAS AS THE WICKED WATCH. I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED THE RESPONSE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I’M NOT NOT A NOVELIST. I’M A REPORTER. I’M AN ANCHOR, I’M A TALK SHOW HOST. BUT I LAUNCHED IN AND WROTE THAT FIRST BOOK. BOTH BOOKS ARE INSPIRED BY REAL CASES THAT I COVERED. AND SO NOW WE HAVE AND WATCH WHERE THEY HIDE. JORDAN MANNING RISING IN THE RANKS FROM REPORTER TO MAYBE ANCHOR. AND NOW SHE IS BEING CALLED IN BY THE SISTER OF A MISSING WOMAN BEGGING FOR JORDAN’S HELP. AND SO YOU HAVE JORDAN CONFLICTED. DOES SHE WANT TO BE A REPORTER? DOES SHE WANT TO BE AN ANCHOR? DOES SHE REALLY FANCY HERSELF? THIS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AND I WAS INSPIRED BY PEOPLE LIKE DEE WATKINS FROM BALTIMORE, LIKE FOLKS WHO’VE GONE AND JUMPED INTO THE LITERARY WORLD. SO IT IS INSPIRED BY REAL CASES, BUT IT’S A WORK OF FICTION THAT PLEASE TELL ME, I WANT YOU TO CALL ME AND TELL ME YOU YOU COULDN’T SLEEP. I WILL FOR SURE. I NEED 48 HOURS. I WILL 48 HOURS OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS WHEN PEOPLE FINISH THIS BOOK. WOW. AND TAMRON TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT HER LOVE FOR BALTIMORE AND FOR THE PEOPLE HERE, WHICH IS REALLY NICE TO SEE. SHE ALSO TOLD US SHE HAS A HUGE SURPRISE FOR HER MOTHER’S DAY SHOW THAT’S COMING UP IN MAY. YOU CAN WATCH TAMRON HALL WEEKDA