Murder on Capitol Hill - A Capital Crimes Novel

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Truman has won faithful readers with her works of biography and fiction, particularly her ongoing series of Capital Crimes mysteries. Her novels usher us into the corridors of power and privilege, poverty and pageantry, in the nation's capital. She lives in Manhattan. Klappentext Between them, Senator Cale Caldwell and his blue-blooded wife controlled as much power on Capitol Hill as the law would allow. Sadly, it wasn't sufficient to protect him from a killer, even surrounded by his friends at a champagne reception in his honor. The senator's murder wasn't the family's first brush with violence. Only two years ago, a niece had been murdered, her killer never found. But when attorney Lydia James, counsel to a Senate committee investigating the tragedy, suggests there might be a connection between the two deaths, she's voted down fast. Yet strange rumors persist. The senator's death could benefit many people, among them a bitter political adversary, an ambitious talk show host, and a master of spin who makes even murder look good . . . Zusammenfassung The thrilling second book in the Capital Crimes series  Between them, Senator Cale Caldwell and his blue-blooded wife controlled as much power on Capitol Hill as the law would allow. Sadly, it wasn't sufficient to protect him from a killer, even surrounded by his friends at a champagne reception in his honor. The senator's murder wasn't the family's first brush with violence. Only two years ago, a niece had been murdered, her killer never found. But when attorney Lydia James, counsel to a Senate committee investigating the tragedy, suggests there might be a connection between the two deaths, she's voted down fast. Yet strange rumors persist. The senator's death could benefit many people, among them a bitter political adversary, an ambitious talk show host, and a master of spin who makes even murder look good . . . ...

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Truman
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780062391728
• ISBN: 978-0-06-239172-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 171 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Capital Crimes; Capital Crimes
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Political / legal thriller, Occult fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Thrillers / Political, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Culinary, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Paranormal