Murder at the Opera - A Capital Crimes Novel

Zusatztext Praise for Margaret Truman “Truman ‘knows the forks’ in the nation’s capital and how to pitchfork her readers into a web of murder and detection.” –The Christian Science Monitor Murder at The Washington Tribune “Hooks the reader immediately.” –The Oklahoman Murder at Union Station “Truman has produced another knowing look at Washington politics. She! of all people! should know her characters well! and she draws them with style.” –The Dallas Morning News Murder at Ford’s Theatre “Dead-on descriptions of Washington’s most crack-ridden streets and exclusionary shindigs . . . Readers who enjoy travelogue! gossip! and social commentary in their whodunits will enjoy Murder at Ford’s Theatre.” –USA Today Informationen zum Autor Margaret Truman 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, and poverty and pageantry, in the nation’s capital. She was the author of many nonfiction books, including The President’s House, in which she shares some of the secrets and history of the White House where she once resided. She lived in Manhattan and passed away in 2008. Klappentext Margaret Truman! who knows where all the bodies are buried inside the Beltway! has written her most thrilling novel of suspense yet. Murder at the Opera features the popular crime-fighting couple Mac Smith and his wife! Annabel Reed-Smith! as they navigate the glitz! glamour! and grime that is Washington! D.C. It ain't over till the fat lady sings . . . but the show hasn't even started yet when a diva is found dead. The soprano in question! a petite young Asian Canadian named Charise Lee! was scarcely a star at the Washington National Opera. But when the aspiring singer is stabbed in the heart backstage during rehearsals! she suddenly takes center stage. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith thought he'd just be carrying a rapier in Tosca as a favor for his beloved Annabel! but now they're both being pressured by the panicked theater board to unmask a killer. Providing accompaniment will be former homicide detective! current P.I.! and eternal opera fan Raymond Pawkins. Soon the Smiths find themselves dangerously improvising among an expanding cast of suspects with all sorts of scores to settle. What they uncover is an increasingly complex case reaching far beyond Washington to a dark world of informers and terror alerts in Iraq! and climaxing on a fateful night at the opera attended by none other than the President himself. ONE “Mac, you must do it.” “No.” “It’s an honor, for you and for the school.” “I don’t see anything honorable about middle-aged men dressed in loincloths strutting around carrying spears. I thought we’d progressed beyond that.” Annabel knew her husband wouldn’t be an easy sell. But his flippant comment meant she was making progress. There would be an obligatory protest before caving in. “I’m not an actor,” he added. They’d finished breakfast and had taken refilled mugs of coffee out onto the balcony of their Watergate apartment. It was a warm, muggy morning in early June, a harbinger of another sweltering summer in D.C. The sky was a milky blue. Below, the rippling waters of a cleaner Potomac River danced in the sunlight. Farther up the river, the familiar spires of Georgetown University rose proudly into the air. “Of course you’re an actor,” Annabel said. “You can’t be a high-powered trial lawyer without being an actor. I saw you in action when you were trying cases. You were Olivier in a gray three-piece suit.” “That was then,” he said. “Today I am just a stodgy professor, and happy to be.” She considered her next argument. She’d practiced her own share of theatrics while representing clients in high-profile domestic dis...

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Truman
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.10.2007
• EAN: 9780345478221
• ISBN: 978-0-345-47822-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 173 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Capital Crimes; Capital Crimes (Paperback); Capital Crimes; Capital Crimes (Paperback)
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense