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Zusatztext “Clever and lively.” —Anthony Boucher! Los Angeles Times “The case of the missing author is over. Gore Vidal has emerged from behind the facade of Edgar Box.” — The New Republic Informationen zum Autor Gore Vidal writing as Edgar Box Klappentext In Death Before Bedtime! dashing P.R. man Peter Sargent is invited to the home of a venerable senator to help strategize his imminent run for president. On the night before he's to announce! though! the senator is murdered in his bed. No longer needed as a political publicist! Sargent finds himself helping the police find the killer. He deftly navigates an eccentric cast of characters! all of whom are suspects: the rebellious daughter; the sycophantic aide; the grieving widow; and the power-hungry governor with his eye on the senator's job. Somehow! between charming the senator's daughter and glad-handing Washington's elite! Sargent still manages to methodically put the pieces into place and sees that politics truly is a cut-throat business. Zusammenfassung In Death Before Bedtime ! dashing P.R. man Peter Sargent is invited to the home of a venerable senator to help strategize his imminent run for president. On the night before he’s to announce! though! the senator is murdered in his bed. No longer needed as a political publicist! Sargent finds himself helping the police find the killer. He deftly navigates an eccentric cast of characters! all of whom are suspects: the rebellious daughter; the sycophantic aide; the grieving widow; and the power-hungry governor with his eye on the senator’s job. Somehow! between charming the senator’s daughter and glad-handing Washington’s elite! Sargent still manages to methodically put the pieces into place and sees that politics truly is a cut-throat business.
