false 1559 1099722 0449209598 9780449209592 12 <![CDATA[Murder in the Smithsonian (Capital Crimes, #4)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180978911m/1099722.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1099722.Murder_in_the_Smithsonian 3.54 160 BOOKLIST
Dr. Lewis Tunney, a brilliant historian who had stumbled onto an international art scandal, was brutally murdered in front of two hundred guests at an elegant party at the Smithsonian. When his fiancee, Heather McBea, flies in from Scotland to learn more, Mac Hanrahan, the captain in charge of the case, takes a heated interest in her. And when two more murders are committed, Hanrahan has reason to worry about Heather's sleuthing. But Heather is stubborn and insists on going her own way--right into the arms of a killer....]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 376594 0449001954 9780449001950 18 <![CDATA[Murder at the Library of Congress (Capital Crimes, #16)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174287633m/376594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/376594.Murder_at_the_Library_of_Congress 3.35 157
After a renowned scholar is bludgeoned to death among the scholarly stacks, an ambitious TV reporter links the case to the heist of a Spanish painting from a Miami museum and a killing in Mexico City. Annabel suspects that buried in the Library are secrets some people will do anything to keep silent–the secret of a rich man’s ambition, a researcher’s disappearance, and a mysterious diary of Christopher Columbus’s journey written five hundred years ago. . . .
]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 456622 0449459284 9780449459287 11 <![CDATA[Murder at the National Cathedral (Capital Crimes, #10)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1209085626m/456622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/456622.Murder_at_the_National_Cathedral 3.63 128
The body is found in the cathedral. There are scant clues and no suspects. And to further complicate matters, a parallel crime is committed at a church in England's Cotswolds, where the honeymooners have recently been visitors. Across the sea go the Smiths again, and straight into the center of an ungodly plot of secret agents, a playboy priest, a frustrated lover, a choleric cleric . . . and a murder so perfect it's a sin.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 98293 0345443799 9780345443793 11 <![CDATA[Murder in the White House (Capital Crimes, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171409904m/98293.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98293.Murder_in_the_White_House 3.44 147
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. . . .
]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 498695 0345498860 9780345498861 16 <![CDATA[Murder on K Street (Capital Crimes, #23)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/498695.Murder_on_K_Street 3.49 99
Arriving home from a fund-raising dinner, senior Illinois senator Lyle Simmons discovers his wife’s brutally bludgeoned body. And like any savvy politician with presidential aspirations, his first move is to phone his attorney. In this case, it’s his old friend and college roommate, former DA Philip Rotondi, who gamely agrees to step out of quiet retirement and into the thick of a D.C.-style political, criminal, and public relations maelstrom from which no one will escape unscathed.

The crime scene is barely cold when the senator’s estranged daughter arrives hurling shocking allegations of murder at her father, despite a roomful of well-heeled witnesses who can provide Simmons with an alibi. Meanwhile, D.C.’s rumor mills and spin machines shift into high gear as speculation swirls around a tabloid- and TV-ready prime suspect: Jonell Marbury, a dashing lawyer turned lobbyist at a powerful K Street firm–and the last person to see the victim alive. But Rotondi harbors his own unsettling suspicions.

And after a second woman is killed, he discovers that a long-buried secret from his past may hold the key to cracking the case.

Aided by sleuthing ex-attorneys Mac and Annabel Smith, Rotondi reawakens the prosecutorial skills that served him so well in his gang-busting days, following the stench of dirty money and dirtier tricks across the country and across the thresholds of back rooms and front offices alike–where doing the right thing is for fools and taking on the system is a dead man’s gambit.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 376592 0449209695 9780449209691 5 <![CDATA[Murder in the Supreme Court (Capital Crimes, #3)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174287632m/376592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/376592.Murder_in_the_Supreme_Court 3.50 111 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Who would want to kill Clarence Sutherland, a bright and handsome young man? The answer: practically everybody.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 950308 0449219372 9780449219379 5 <![CDATA[Murder on the Potomac (Capital Crimes, #12)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179736133m/950308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/950308.Murder_on_the_Potomac 3.50 107
They discover that the corpse was once the confidante' of a wealthy Washingtonian, which leads to the Scarlet Sin Society, a theatrical group that--perilously--reenacts historical murders. And soon, the only thing that matters more to Mac than solving this serpentine case is preventing Annabel's untimely death.

]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 953051 0345478223 9780345478221 16 <![CDATA[Murder at the Opera (Capital Crimes, #22)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179763005m/953051.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953051.Murder_at_the_Opera 3.57 92
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.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 6286 0449001962 9780449001967 9 <![CDATA[Murder in Foggy Bottom (Capital Crimes, #17)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165559268m/6286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6286.Murder_in_Foggy_Bottom 3.60 99
Three passenger planes are shot out of the sky. Everywhere–in law enforcement, in the media, and in the most secret realms of government–men and women scramble to find out who shot hand-held missiles at the planes, and why. It is a search that reaches from Moscow to the Pacific Northwest, putting some people’s lives in jeopardy and turning others lives inside out. But no one can guess the truth: that the epicenter of the terrorist outbreak is Washington D.C. . . . and a dead man behind a park bench in a place called Foggy Bottom. ]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 98292 044922323X 9780449223239 18 <![CDATA[First Ladies: An Intimate Group Portrait of White House Wives]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223646162m/98292.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98292.First_Ladies_An_Intimate_Group_Portrait_of_White_House_Wives 3.71 90 --The Christian Science Monitor
Whether they envision their role as protector, partner, advisor, or scold, First Ladies find themselves in a job that is impossible to define, and just as difficult to perform. Now Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry Truman and an acclaimed novelist and biographer in her own right, explores the fascinating position of First Lady throughout history and up to the present day.
With her unique perspective as the daughter of a First Lady, Ms. Truman reveals the truth behind some of the most misunderstood and forgotten First Ladies of our history, as well as the most famous and beloved. In recounting the charm and courage of Dolley Madison, the brazen ambition of Florence Harding, the calm, good sense of Grace Coolidge, the genius of Eleanor Roosevelt, the mysterious femininity of Jackie Kennedy, and the fierce protectiveness of Nancy Reagan, among others, Margaret Truman has assembled an honest yet affectionate portrait of our nation's First Ladies--one that freely acknowledges their virtues and their flaws.
]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 482994 0345443802 9780345443809 6 <![CDATA[Murder on Capitol Hill (Capital Crimes, #2)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175126823m/482994.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/482994.Murder_on_Capitol_Hill 3.56 94
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. . . .]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 2158989 0449212084 9780449212080 6 <![CDATA[Murder at the Kennedy Center (Capital Crimes, #9)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2158989.Murder_at_the_Kennedy_Center 3.55 93 THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
During a gala benefit for a Democratic Party hopeful, a young woman dies, the victim of quick and brutal violence. The murder weapon belongs to the candidate, Kenneth Ewald, and his son is the chief suspect. Out of the classroom comes professor Mac Smith to tackle a case that is bad for the senator, but may prove disastrous for the nation....]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 430646 0449001946 9780449001943 3 <![CDATA[Murder at the Watergate (Capital Crimes, #15)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174685684m/430646.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/430646.Murder_at_the_Watergate 3.44 98 Murder at the Watergate fits nicely into the mold with which Truman's fans have long been familiar: that elegant couple, Mac Smith and Annabel Reed, newly ensconced in their Watergate apartment, become enmeshed in a political imbroglio that leads--as it must--to murder. Their good friend, the vice president, finds that U.S. policy on Mexico can be one hot potato. Or tamale. The dueling factions of the Mexican-American Trade Alliance and the Mexico initiative--the former an "unoffical" but deeply menacing lobbying presence with a stake in maintaining the status quo, the latter a think tank bent on exposing corruption deep within Mexico's ruling party--weave a ragged tapestry of blackmail, bribery, assault, and murder that threatens to envelop both Mac and Annabel--and the administration itself. Truman hopscotches rather frantically around the globe and throws in a few over-the-top minor characters to keep the loyal reader hot on her trail. A less devoted reader may be tempted to abandon the chase somewhere in London.

One doesn't read Truman for her dialogue, her characters, or her gripping cliffhangers. But her cogent meditations and snide asides on politicking and politicos are absolutely on target and a pleasure to read. --Kelly Flynn

]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 498694 068140194x 3 <![CDATA[Murder in Georgetown (Capital Crimes, #7)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175268062m/498694.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/498694.Murder_in_Georgetown 3.43 89 1559 3.51 2609 286 1099728 0449212750 9780449212752 2 <![CDATA[Murder in the CIA (Capital Crimes, #8)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180978975m/1099728.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1099728.Murder_in_the_CIA 3.60 93 "Smooth...seductive."
ASSOCIATED PRESS]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 2285 0449007383 9780449007389 11 <![CDATA[Murder at Ford's Theatre (Capital Crimes, #19)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160807629m/2285.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2285.Murder_at_Ford_s_Theatre 3.64 83
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.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 2886315 0345498887 9780345498885 33 <![CDATA[Murder Inside the Beltway (Capital Crimes, #24)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2886315.Murder_Inside_the_Beltway 3.44 90
Rosalie Curzon, a Washington, D.C., call girl, is found bludgeoned to death in her Adams-Morgan apartment. Investigating the grisly homicide are Walt Hatcher, a tough, sour, intolerant twenty-three-year veteran of the D.C. police department; Detective Mary Hall, who, unhappy with the way women are treated on the force, is conflicted about her career; and rookie cop Matthew Jackson, an introspective young man and the product of a mixed-race marriage, whom Hatcher looks down on.

The murder scene is in a disturbing state of disarray, suggesting that Rosalie had fought to the bitter end. Then Hall discovers a video camera nestled high on a bookshelf. Had the victim taped some of her clients during their sexual liaisons?

As the investigation proceeds, so does business inside the Beltway. President Burton Pyle is running for reelection. His opponent, consummate politician Robert Colgate, is expected to easily defeat Pyle, whose administration has been rife with corruption and scandal. Colgate, though, is not without cracks in his slick exterior. Rumors swirl about his failing marriage and various dalliances. Moreover, there’s no love lost between the two candidates: The campaign has morphed into one of the most distasteful and nasty in memory.

Then, on a bright Saturday afternoon on the Washington Mall, the daughter of Colgate’s closest friend is kidnapped. The abduction rocks the nation’s capital, but no one is prepared for the bombshell about to hit the city, an explosive development that erupts when Detectives Hall and Jackson uncover a shocking connection between the kidnapping and the Curzon case–and a killer whom no one will see coming.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 376591 0449206211 9780449206218 9 <![CDATA[Murder on Embassy Row (Capital Crimes, #5)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174287632m/376591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/376591.Murder_on_Embassy_Row 3.64 83 1559 3.51 2609 286 98290 0449007391 9780449007396 6 <![CDATA[Murder at Union Station (Capital Crimes, #20)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171409900m/98290.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98290.Murder_at_Union_Station 3.37 68
Historic Union Station means nothing to the elderly man speeding south on the last lap of what turns out to be a one-way journey from Tel Aviv to D.C.–on a train that will soon land him at Gate A-8 and, moments later, at St. Peter’s Gate. This weary traveler, whose terminal destination is probably hell, is Louis Russo, former mob hit man and government informer. Two men are at the station to meet him. One is Richard Marienthal, a young writer whose forthcoming book is based on Russo’s life. The other is the man who kills him.

Russo has returned to help promote Marienthal’s book, which, although no one has been allowed to read it, already has some people shaking in their Gucci boots. The powerful fear the contents will not only expose organized crime’s nefarious business, but also a top-secret assignment abroad that Russo once masterminded for a very-high-profile Capitol Hill client. As news of Russo’s murder rockets from the MPD to the FBI and the CIA, from Congress to the West Wing, the final chapter of the story begins its rapid-fire unfolding.

In addition to the bewildered Marienthal and his worried girlfriend, there is an array of memorable characters: rock-ribbed right-wing Senator Karl Widmer; ruthless New York publisher Pamela Warren; boozy MPD Detective Bret Mullin; shoe-shine virtuoso Joe Jenks; dedicated presidential political adviser Chet Fletcher; and President Adam Parmele himself–not to mention freelance snoops, blow-dried climbers, and a killer or two. There’s no place like the nation’s capital, and as her myriad fans know, Margaret Truman always gets it right. Murder at Union Station is a luxury express, nonstop delight.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 498703 0449206181 9780449206188 4 <![CDATA[Murder at the FBI (Capital Crimes, #6)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175268084m/498703.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/498703.Murder_at_the_FBI 3.52 71 1559 3.51 2609 286 2283 0345478207 9780345478207 13 <![CDATA[Murder at The Washington Tribune (Capital Crimes, #21)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160807628m/2283.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283.Murder_at_The_Washington_Tribune 3.37 67 –Larry King

“Satisfying . . . [a] solid mystery . . . a cautionary tale about ambition and a vote for journalistic integrity.”
–Publishers Weekly

At the big, aggressive Washington Tribune, a young woman, fresh out of journalism school, has been brutally strangled to death–and the hunt for her killer is making sensational headlines. Then a second woman is found dead. She, too, worked in the media. For veteran Trib reporter Joe Wilcox, the case strikes too close to home: His daughter is a beautiful rising TV news star. Seeing a chance to revive his free-falling career, Joe spearheads the Trib’s investigation and baits a trap for the murderer with a secret from his own past. Suddenly Joe is risking his career, his marriage, and even his daughter’s life by playing a dangerous game with a possible serial killer . . . one who hides in plain sight.

“Ripe with suspense, Truman’s mystery gets edgier with each page. . . . A captivating, fast-paced thriller.”
–Romantic Times

“Hooks the reader immediately.”
–The Ottawa Sun]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 2095761 0449219402 9780449219409 6 <![CDATA[Murder at the Pentagon (Capital Crimes, #11)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2095761.Murder_at_the_Pentagon 3.43 67 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
When a genius doctor is murdered and a desert madman gains the means to kill millions, Major Margit Falk, a helicopter pilot and Pentagon lawyer, is drawn into Project Safekeep--an antimissile scheme under congressional investigation. The alleged murderer has his share of secrets, but Falk smells conspiracy in the air. And although she turns to her mentor, law professor Mackenzie Smith for help, she's got to beat a cunning madman and a nuclear blast....
An Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 1034525 0449219380 9780449219386 4 <![CDATA[Murder at the National Gallery (Capital Crimes, #13)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180394428m/1034525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1034525.Murder_at_the_National_Gallery 3.58 48 --Atlanta Journal & Constitution

When the senior curator at Washington's famed National Gallery finds a missing painting by the Renaissance master Caravaggio, he mounts a world-class exhibition--and plots a brilliant forgery scheme that will stun the art world.

"A THRILLING CHASE."
--Publishers Weekly

But an artful deception suddenly becomes a portrait of blackmail and murder--as gallery owner and part-time sleuth Annabel Reed-Smith and her husband go searching for clues in the heady arena of international art and uncover a rare collection of unscrupulous characters that leads all the way to Italy.

"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED . . . One of [Margaret] Truman's best."
--Booklist]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 1099723 0449001725 9780449001721 4 <![CDATA[Murder in the House (Capital Crimes, #14)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180978912m/1099723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1099723.Murder_in_the_House 3.39 51 When Mac Smith is asked to bring his legal expertise to a research mission in Moscow, he finds himself attempting to clear Latham's name--and getting closer and closer to some very dangerous individuals.

Margaret Truman is operating according to established parameters in Murder in the House, but fans will appreciate the relative skill with which she weaves together the themes of disturbing relationships on two continents: hard-line Communists with the Russian mafia on one hand, and politics with American big business on the other.

Readers may want to check out other entries in the Capital Crimes series--try Murder on Embassy Row, Murder at the National Gallery, or Murder in the CIA. --Kelly Flynn

]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 1099721 0345472489 9780345472489 9 <![CDATA[The President's House: 1800 to the Present The Secrets and History of the World's Most Famous Home]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180978892m/1099721.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1099721.The_President_s_House_1800_to_the_Present_The_Secrets_and_History_of_the_World_s_Most_Famous_Home 3.67 42
Opened (though not finished) in 1800 and originally dubbed a “palace,” the White House has been fascinating from day one. In Thomas Jefferson’s day, it was a reeking construction site where congressmen complained of the hazards of open rubbish pits. Andrew Jackson’s supporters, descending twenty thousand strong from the backwoods of Kentucky and Tennessee, nearly destroyed the place during his first inaugural. Teddy Roosevelt expanded it, Jackie Kennedy and Pat Nixon redecorated it. Through all the vicissitudes of its history, the White House has transformed the characters, and often the fates, of its powerful occupants.

In The President’s House, Margaret Truman takes us behind the scenes, into the deepest recesses and onto the airiest balconies, as she reveals what it feels like to live in the White House. Here are hilarious stories of Teddy Roosevelt’s rambunctious children tossing spitballs at presidential portraits–as well as a heartbreaking account of the tragedy that befell President Coolidge’s young son, Calvin, Jr. Here, too, is the real story of the Lincoln Bedroom and the thrilling narrative of how first lady Dolley Madison rescued a priceless portrait of George Washington and a copy of the Declaration of Independence before British soldiers torched the White House in 1814.

Today the 132-room White House operates as an exotic combination of first-class hotel and fortress, with 1,600 dedicated workers, an annual budget over $1 billion, and a kitchen that can handle anything from an intimate dinner for four to a reception for 2,400. But ghosts of the past still walk its august corridors–including a phantom whose visit President Harry S Truman described to his daughter in eerie detail.

From the basement swarming with reporters to the Situation Room crammed with sophisticated technology to the Oval Office where the president receives the world’s leaders, the White House is a beehive of relentless activity, deal-making, intrigue, gossip, and of course history in the making. In this evocative and insightful book, Margaret Truman combines high-stakes drama with the unique perspective of an insider. The ultimate guided tour of the nation’s most famous dwelling, The President’s House is truly a national treasure.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 498705 0739420046 9780739420041 1 <![CDATA[Murder in Havana (Capital Crimes, #18)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175268085m/498705.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/498705.Murder_in_Havana 3.41 32 1559 3.51 2609 286 1065555 0446391751 9780446391757 1 <![CDATA[Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180683270m/1065555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1065555.Where_the_Buck_Stops_The_Personal_and_Private_Writings_of_Harry_S_Truman 4.10 20 1559 3.51 2609 286 367813 0380721120 9780380721122 6 <![CDATA[Harry S. Truman]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218473643m/367813.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/367813.Harry_S_Truman 3.60 25 1559 3.51 2609 286 498693 0915992698 9780915992690 2 <![CDATA[Bess W. Truman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/498693.Bess_W_Truman 3.45 11 1559 3.51 2609 286 1099729 0345485173 9780345485175 0 <![CDATA[Capital Crimes: Murder in the Supreme Court; Murder in the CIA; Murder in the House]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180978976m/1099729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1099729.Capital_Crimes_Murder_in_the_Supreme_Court_Murder_in_the_CIA_Murder_in_the_House 3.67 6
MURDER IN THE SUPREME COURT

Clarence Sutherland, head clerk to the Chief Justice, is found murdered in the courtroom, sitting in his boss’s chair with a hole in his head. Who would want to kill such a bright young man? The answer: practically everybody.

“Truman’s hints as to the real state of Washington are terrifyingly true.”
–Chicago Sun-Times

MURDER IN THE CIA

When literary agent Barrie Mayer dies from what looks like a heart attack at London’s Heathrow Airport, her best friend, CIA agent Collette Cahill, is ordered to discover the truth–and to find Barrie’s missing briefcase.

“[Truman] invades the turf of John le Carré. . . . [Murder in the CIA] is very good.”
–Los Angeles Times Book Review

MURDER IN THE HOUSE

Congressman Paul Latham died clutching a 9-mm pistol, and one man suspects the shattering truth: The suicide was a carefully planned murder–which will prove to be part of a chilling conspiracy that reaches halfway around the world.

“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]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 1953293 0688030386 9780688030384 0 <![CDATA[Women of Courage]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1953293.Women_of_Courage 3.50 6 1559 3.51 2609 286 498706 067950186X 9780679501862 0 <![CDATA[White House Pets.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/498706.White_House_Pets_ 3.40 5 1559 3.51 2609 286 3874425 0446514942 9780446514941 0 <![CDATA[Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3874425.Where_the_Buck_Stops_The_Personal_and_Private_Writings_of_Harry_S_Truman 4.50 2 203941 3.89 63 9 1559 3.51 2609 286 498700 0523417519 9780523417516 1 <![CDATA[Letters from Father: The Truman Family's Personal Correspondence]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/498700.Letters_from_Father_The_Truman_Family_s_Personal_Correspondence 3.00 2 1559 3.51 2609 286 498688 0517118238 9780517118238 0 <![CDATA[Margaret Truman: Three Complete Mysteries]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/498688.Margaret_Truman_Three_Complete_Mysteries 5.00 1 Murder at the National Cathedral, Murder at the Kennedy Center, and Murder in the CIA. ]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 7187995 0 <![CDATA[Murder on the Potomic]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7187995-murder-on-the-potomic 3.00 1 1559 3.51 2609 286 2095756 0548389764 9780548389768 0 <![CDATA[Souvenir: Margaret Truman's Own Story]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2095756.Souvenir_Margaret_Truman_s_Own_Story 3.00 1 1559 3.51 2609 286 7175184 1597374415 9781597374415 0 <![CDATA[Murder at The Washington Tribune]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7175184-murder-at-the-washington-tribune 0.0 0
The victim, fresh out of journalism school, hoped to make a splash at the Trib - and then a maintenance man found her in a supply closet, brutally strangled to death. The Trib’s journalists are at once horrified and anxious to solve the crime before the cops do, and put this scandal to rest. But the Metropolitan Police Department isn’t going to let byline-hungry reporters get in the way of its investigation, and soon enough the journalists and the cops have established warring task forces. Then a second woman is killed, in Franklin Square. Like the first, she was young, attractive, and worked in the media.

For veteran Trib reporter Joe Wilcox, whose career is mired in frustration and disappointment, the case strikes close to home. His daughter is a beautiful rising TV news star. As his relationship with a female MPD detective grows more intimate, Joe sees a chance to renew himself as a reporter and as a man. Spearheading the Trib’s investigation, he baits a trap for the killer with a secret from his own past.

Suddenly Joe is risking his career, his marriage, and even his daughter’s life by playing a dangerous game with a possible serial killer, while a police detective is bending rules for the reporter she likes and trusts but may not know as well as she thinks she does. As Joe’s daughter finds herself trapped at the heart of a frantic manhunt, the walls come down between family, friendship, ethics, and ambition - and a killer hides in plain sight.
]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 238243 3.81 350 73 7174547 1423367170 9781423367178 0 <![CDATA[Murder Inside the Beltway]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7174547-murder-inside-the-beltway 0.0 0 As the investigation proceeds, so does business inside the Beltway. President Burton Pyle is running for reelection. His opponent, consummate politician Robert Colgate, is expected to easily defeat Pyle, whose administration has been rife with corruption and scandal. Colgate, though, is not without cracks in his slick exterior. Rumors swirl about his failing marriage and various dalliances. Moreover, there’s no love lost between the two candidates: The campaign has morphed into one of the most distasteful and nasty in memory.
Then, on a bright Saturday afternoon on the Washington Mall, the daughter of Colgate’s closest friend is kidnapped. The abduction rocks the nation’s capital, but no one is prepared for the bombshell about to hit the city, an explosive development that erupts when the police uncover a shocking connection between the kidnapping and the Curzon case – and a killer whom no one will see coming.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 133431 3.76 289 120 7174052 1597374423 9781597374422 0 <![CDATA[Murder at The Washington Tribune]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7174052-murder-at-the-washington-tribune 0.0 0
The victim, fresh out of journalism school, hoped to make a splash at the Trib - and then a maintenance man found her in a supply closet, brutally strangled to death. The Trib’s journalists are at once horrified and anxious to solve the crime before the cops do, and put this scandal to rest. But the Metropolitan Police Department isn’t going to let byline-hungry reporters get in the way of its investigation, and soon enough the journalists and the cops have established warring task forces. Then a second woman is killed, in Franklin Square. Like the first, she was young, attractive, and worked in the media.

For veteran Trib reporter Joe Wilcox, whose career is mired in frustration and disappointment, the case strikes close to home. His daughter is a beautiful rising TV news star. As his relationship with a female MPD detective grows more intimate, Joe sees a chance to renew himself as a reporter and as a man. Spearheading the Trib’s investigation, he baits a trap for the killer with a secret from his own past.

Suddenly Joe is risking his career, his marriage, and even his daughter’s life by playing a dangerous game with a possible serial killer, while a police detective is bending rules for the reporter she likes and trusts but may not know as well as she thinks she does. As Joe’s daughter finds herself trapped at the heart of a frantic manhunt, the walls come down between family, friendship, ethics, and ambition - and a killer hides in plain sight.
]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 238243 3.81 350 73 6740600 1423380541 9781423380542 0 <![CDATA[Margaret Truman CD Collection 2: Murder at the Washington Tribune, Murder at the Opera, Murder on K Street]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6740600-margaret-truman-cd-collection-2 0.0 0 From senators to summer interns, from all the president’s men to all-powerful women, Margaret Truman captures the fascinating, high-wire drama of Washington, D.C., like no other writer. This master of mystery fiction takes us into the capital’s chaotic fourth estate. At the big, aggressive newspaper The Washington Tribune, a young woman has been murdered. And the hunt for her killer is making sensational and lethal headlines.

Murder at the Opera:
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 to his beloved Annabel, but now they’re both being pressured by the panicked theater board to unmask a killer.

Murder on K Street:
Arriving home from a fund-raising dinner, senior Illinois senator Lyle Simmons discovers his wife’s brutally bludgeoned body. And like any savvy politician with presidential aspirations, his first move is to phone his attorney. In this case, it’s his old friend and college roommate, former DA Philip Rotondi, who gamely agrees to step out of quiet retirement and into the thick of a D.C.-style political, criminal, and public relations maelstrom from which no one will escape unscathed.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 9530 4.18 7143 1476 7363725 1402525621 9781402525629 0 <![CDATA[Murder at the Library of Congress]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7363725-murder-at-the-library-of-congress 0.0 0 1559 3.51 2609 286 6253 3.76 292 74 7174187 1423318307 9781423318309 0 <![CDATA[Murder at the Opera: A Capital Crimes Novel]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7174187-murder-at-the-opera 0.0 0
Georgetown law professor Mac Smith thought he’d just be carrying a rapier in Tosca as a favor to 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.
]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 521640 3.93 123 31 7174744 1423340507 9781423340508 0 <![CDATA[Murder on K Street: A Capital Crimes Novel]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7174744-murder-on-k-street 0.0 0
The crime scene is barely cold when the senator’s estranged daughter arrives hurling shocking allegations of murder at her father, despite a roomful of well-heeled witnesses who can provide Simmons with an alibi. Meanwhile, D.C.’s rumor mills and spin machines shift into high gear as speculation swirls around a tabloid- and TV-ready prime suspect: Jonell Marbury, a dashing lawyer turned lobbyist at a powerful K Street firm - and the last person to see the victim alive. But Rotondi harbors his own unsettling suspicions. And after a second woman is killed, he discovers that a long-buried secret from his past may hold the key to cracking the case.

Aided by sleuthing ex-attorneys Mac and Annabel Smith, Rotondi reawakens the prosecutorial skills that served him so well in his gang-busting days, following the stench of dirty money and dirtier tricks across the country and across the thresholds of back rooms and front offices alike - where doing the right thing is for fools and taking on the system is a dead man’s gambit.
]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 521640 3.93 123 31 2630274 3442049245 9783442049240 0 <![CDATA[Die Mauer des Schweigens.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2630274.Die_Mauer_des_Schweigens_ 0.0 0 1559 3.51 2609 286 7175056 1596006714 9781596006713 0 <![CDATA[Murder in Foggy Bottom]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7175056-murder-in-foggy-bottom 0.0 0 murder in the downing of aircraft, and then moves on to mayhem in the
streets of the new Moscow. Leaving an airport near New York, a D.C.-bound commuter plane falls to earth. At almost the same time, another crash occurs. And then...

Firmly ruling out coincidence, investigators seek means and motive. The
means are soon apparent: small-scale weaponry with large-scale impact. Their country of origin? A place where nearly everything - hardware, information, love - can be found for a price. Max Pauling, a State Department investigator, seasoned, good-looking, and hard to fool, quickly takes off on a trail still as warm as the smoking wreckage.

A host of vivid characters people the narrative, including a lovely State
Department analyst who finds herself attracted to undercover types; a
militia leader in Idaho who leads his people into gunfire; a reporter at
odds with his boss but not with a good story; and a secretary of state who
loves baseball slightly more than her job.

Fast-paced and informative about flying, food, statecraft, and the violent
"wetwork" under the dryly elegant exterior of diplomacy, Margaret Truman's
Murder in Foggy Bottom is another winner in the Capital Crimes series.

Praise for Margaret Truman
"A first-rate mystery writer, said Charles Champlin in the Los Angeles Times
Book Review, "drawing on an I-was-there expertise that
makes the Washington scene clang with credibility."

"She can write suspense with the best of them," says Larry King.

Her work is "the most satisfying sort of popular fiction, a thoughtful
thriller," adds The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.]]> 1559 3.51 2609 286 150318 3.58 93 26