Murder in the White House: A Capital Crimes Novel

Margaret Truman

$8.99

Publication Date: September 29th, 2015

Publisher:

William Morrow Paperbacks

ISBN:

9780062391711

Pages:

336

Description

"Terrifically readable. ... Wildly imaginative." —New York Daily News

A lawyer with ties to the President must investigate the murder of the Secretary of State under mysterious circumstances, in this first book in Margaret Truman's New York Times bestselling Capital Crimes series.

In a town where the weapon of choice is usually a well-aimed rumor, the strangling of Secretary of State Lansard Blaine in the Lincoln Bedroom is a gruesome first. White House counsel Ron Fairbanks is ordered to investigate. There are persistent rumors that the Secretary was an accomplished womanizer with ties to a glamorous call girl. There is also troubling evidence of unofficial connections with international wheeler-dealers.

In death as in life, Blaine is a power to be reckoned with. For Fairbanks, who loves the President's daughter, one point is soon clear: only a few highly placed insiders had access to the Lincoln Bedroom that fateful evening. And one of them was the President. . . .

About the Author

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.

Praise for Murder in the White House: A Capital Crimes Novel

"Terrifically readable. ... Wildly imaginative." — New York Daily News

"The plot builds up to a superb denouement. One wonders if all is fiction." — Time

"Truman has settled firmly into a career of writing murder mysteries, all evoking brilliantly the Washington she knows so well." — Houston Post

"Truman knows the 'forks in the nation's capital' and how to pitchfork her readers into a web of murder and detection." — Christian Science Monitor

"Whodunit? Ask the President's daughter. ... Truman has upheld executive honor." — Washington Post

"Truman can write suspense with the best of them." — Larry King