Murder at Ford's Theatre

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 let us into the corridors of power and privilege, poverty and pageantry, in the nation’s capital. She lives in Manhattan. Klappentext It was the site of one of the most infamous assassinations in American history. Now bestselling mystery master Margaret Truman premieres a new murder at Ford's Theater-one that's hot off today's headlines. The body of Nadia Zarinski! an attractive young woman who worked for senator Bruce Lerner-and who volunteered at Ford's-is discovered in the alley behind the theatre. Soon a pair of mismatched cops-young! studious Rick Klieman and gregarious veteran Moses "Mo” Johnson-start digging into the victim's life! and find themselves confronting an increasing cast of suspects. There's Virginia Senator Lerner himself! rumored to have had a sexual relationship with Nadia-and half the women in D.C. under ninety. . . . Clarise Emerson! producer/director of Ford's Theatre and ex-wife of the Senator! whose nomination to head the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is now threatened by the scandal . . . Jeremiah Lerner! her aimless! hot-tempered son! said to have been sleeping with Nadia when his famous father wasn't . . . Bernard Crowley! the theatre's controller! whose emotions overflow at the mention of the crime . . . faded British stage star Sydney Bancroft! desperate for recognition and a comeback! and armed with damning information about Clarise Emerson . . . and other complex characters from both sides of the footlights. With her unparalleled understanding of Washington and its players! and her savvy sense of how strange bedfellows cut deals even in the midst of mayhem! Margaret Truman always delivers the most sophisticated and satisfying suspense. Murder at Ford's Theatre is her most compelling! insightful novel yet! sure to earn her a standing ovation from her many fans and new followers alike. Chapter 1 Travel guides claim that the average high temperature in Washington, D.C., in September is seventy-nine degrees Fahrenheit. But on this particular Tuesday, the day after a long Labor Day weekend, the thermometer read eighty-one at seven in the morning, which meant ninety was a possibility by noon, a hell of a time for Johnny Wales's air conditioner to decide to crash. It had ground to a halt sometime during the night; it had to have been between two in the morning when Wales returned from a night of drinking with his buddies, and five a.m. when he was awakened by the sound of the vintage window unit seizing up. He rolled his sticky body out of bed at seven and stood in front of an oscillating table fan, raising his arms to allow the moving air to wash over his nakedness. Understandably, his mood was palpably foul; his mutterings were mostly four-lettered as he poured orange juice, washed down a handful of vitamins, and entered the shower. The weather was bad enough, and you couldn't do anything about that. But Bancroft's early crew call at Ford's was arbitrary. What was the big deal? he wondered as he readjusted the faucets to add cooler water to the mix. It was only a teenage drama workshop production. As he moved about getting ready in his room above an army-navy store on Ninth Street, not far from the Capitol City Brewing Company, the final stop on last night's toot, and only a few blocks from Ford's Theatre, where he'd been employed as a stagehand for the past two years, his size--six feet four inches tall and 220 pounds--made the cramped studio apartment seem smaller. He pulled on a faded pair of blue jeans, Washington Redskins T-shirt, slipped tan deck shoes over bare feet, attached a black fanny pack to his waist, and checked himself in the mirror. Building and erecting stage sets hadn't been his ambition when graduating fr...

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Truman
• Publisher: Fawcett Book Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2003
• EAN: 9780449007389
• ISBN: 978-0-449-00738-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 173 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Capital Crimes; Capital Crimes
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense