The Inverted Pyramid

Journalist Alex Vane is always hunting for the truth. But now the truth may cost him his life...
After exposing a low-level congressman for accepting bribes, Alex attends a conference and runs into an old friend—and flame—Media Studies Professor Camila Gray. But just as they begin to reconnect, Alex's business partner disappears, leaving Alex only one clue: the name of a hacker who was recently murdered. A source hints at a vaster conspiracy, one that may reach all the way up to the fast-approaching presidential election.
Alex and Camila travel to Alex's hometown to find answers, where they race to untangle the connections between the dead hacker and the disappearance of Alex's partner. But all the while, a mysterious source is pulling the strings of their investigation, of the election, and possibly of their lives.

Series List (can be read as standalones or chronologically):

The Anonymous Source (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 1)
The Inverted Pyramid (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 2)
The Mockingbird Drive (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 3)

The Shadow File (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 4)

The Last Journalist (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 5)