Audiobook - The Memory Surgeon
Winn Manning for RICK DOLAN
**Role Type:** Minor
**Estimated Word Count:** 150+ words
**Age Range:** 45-55
**Gender:** Male
**Character Description:**
An independent crime journalist with a nose for corruption and no scruples about collateral damage. Dolan is predatory, intelligent, and owes Hardings a favor. He speaks in short, economical sentences, always calculating the value of information. His grin is "not pleasant"—the grin of someone who's been handed dynamite and knows exactly how to use it.
**Performance Notes:** Dolan is morally gray—he'll destroy lives for a good story, but he's not stupid about it. He should sound sharp, slightly cold, transactional.
- male adult
[Meeting Hardings at a bar, evaluating what she's offering] "Palmer. The philanthropist CEO? What about him? Vanished. Top researcher. Palmer Holdings. Big mystery. You telling me Palmer's good for it? Plenty of CEOs have breakdowns under pressure. Thorne's place has a solid rep."
[Understanding the story and what it will do] "The real André Palmer. Yeah. People need to see that. This stays between us. My source is anonymous. Deep background. He hasn't been charged with anything. You know that. This isn't evidence—it's implication. I run this piece, his life is over even if he's innocent. You sure about that?"
