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Capitol Conspiracy: A Novel of Suspense (Ben Kincaid #16)
by
William Bernhardt (Goodreads Author)
Oklahoma defense attorney Ben Kincaid has found himself smack in the middle of more than a few controversies and deadly predicaments–and the unexpected leap from his modest Tulsa law offices to Washington, D.C.’s Senate chamber hasn’t taken the edge off Ben’s knack for stepping into the line of fire. Now the idealistic junior senator is plunged into the thick of lethal int...more
Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages
Published
December 30th 2008
by Ballantine Books
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WIth his final Ben Kincaid novel, William Bernhardt does a fantastic job of weaving an intricate and well told tale while still maintaining the wonderful personalities of his continuing characters. This was not just icing on a wonderful cake it was a full and robust final course in a fabulous banquet of relevant and exciting individual courses, eighteen in all. I will miss Ben and his colleagues, but I look forward for a new banquet to come as well as those individual feasts that Bernhardt ha...more
The nightmare begins with the abduction and murder of the director of Homeland Security; escalates with the killing of the Senate minority leader, who is felled in his office by an envelope laced with weaponized poison; and comes to a shattering climax at the site of the Oklahoma City Memorial, where a fusillade of sniper fire meant for the president claims unintended victims. In all, twelve people perish in the melee, while Ben himself narrowly escapes a car-bomb blast that leaves his best frie...more
Tulsa lawyer and former senator Ben Kincaid is in a meeting with the president in the Oval Office when Washington suddenly explodes into chaos. Facing an imminent threat to the White House, Kincaid is whisked, along with the president and his advisors, to the underground PEOC—Presidential Emergency Operations Center—built to withstand a nuclear blast, but vulnerable to another kind of attack.
Inside the bunker, defense specialists realize that a malevolent foreign dictator has hacked ...more
Inside the bunker, defense specialists realize that a malevolent foreign dictator has hacked ...more
Since 9/11 most authors have been pushing politics into their writing. At least Bernhardt did it more honestly by taking his main character who was a Tulsa lawyer and sending him to Washington DC as a Senator. I liked Ben better as a lawyer and I don't always agree with his politics, but it's much better than Stuart Woods who throws in politicals digs thru his fluff mysteries. Or better than Sara Paretsky who throws in all kinds of stupid political garbage in her Warshawski series [totally ou...more
Seems like this one was hastily put together, not not the best Kincaid novel I've read. The use of the word "man" was annoying and out of place, such as "What are you doing, man?".
Just seems like there wasn't a lot of thought put into the plot. A computer hacker that seamus worked with on another case "just happened to write the code that was used to take over the US satellite computers. Then, when Seamus asks him where other computer hackers might be that c...more
Just seems like there wasn't a lot of thought put into the plot. A computer hacker that seamus worked with on another case "just happened to write the code that was used to take over the US satellite computers. Then, when Seamus asks him where other computer hackers might be that c...more
Another Kincaid novel. A seemingly terroristic attack on the president ends in the death of the first lady. The president introduced a constitutional amendment that would make the Patriot Act seem pale. Since the times seemed so dire the American people embraced the amendment. Congrees approved it and then it was up to the Senate. Naturally, Ben Kincaid got involved to find the truth.
The author's purpose is to make us think twice about willingly laying aside our amendment rights...more
The author's purpose is to make us think twice about willingly laying aside our amendment rights...more
While I enjoyed the storyline of the book, it was very poorly researched. Most books in this genre make sure they get the little details right (e.g., building names, complicated processes), but this book does not. It labels the congressional office buildings with the wrong names, it mislabels bills in the U.S. Senate, and generally has a poor understanding of the legislative process. Researching these small things to make the back story more realistic would have gone a long way for me liking th...more
Bernhardt is one of my many favorite authors. I've saved memorable quotes. P. 375 "These are perilous times, unique in our national history. The greatest danger we face is not terrorists, but the thudding impact of unexamined certainty. doubt is healthy. doubt is evidence of thought."
I learned about "legislative holds". A senator can anonymously object to a bill, thereby stopping it from ever reaching a debate. A senator can except pork for withdraw...more
I learned about "legislative holds". A senator can anonymously object to a bill, thereby stopping it from ever reaching a debate. A senator can except pork for withdraw...more
Ben Kincaid is in the middle of another controversy as he sits in Senate for the state of Oklahoma. This one I found very interesting in that the plot was based on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution with an anti-terrorism law that would curtail civil liberties. Of course with any Bernhardt novel you also have a couple of murders that Ben must also solve. In this one not only does the President fall into an assassination attempt but it happens twice! I can't put this series down and look forwa...more
First, I've noticed that some of the Goodreads reviews of this book are actually reviews of a different book. This one has Kincaid as an attorney in the White House when hackers find a way to launch our ballistic missles and use them against us. The bad guys also have stolen a nuclear suitcase.
That out of the way, I'll now say that I hate to give a bad review of a Goodreads author, but I have to do it now. This is the first Bernhardt book I've read and I wasn't impressed. I'd c...more
That out of the way, I'll now say that I hate to give a bad review of a Goodreads author, but I have to do it now. This is the first Bernhardt book I've read and I wasn't impressed. I'd c...more
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In this outing, newly minted Senator Kincaid has to face a terrorist threat and needs the help of all of his team to get the bottom of things, without getting himself or anyone else killed. Ben allows us to learn along with him the less obvious aspects of Senatorial life and introduces us to some interesting new characters, with significant power and equally significant secrets. This one throbs with danger and action in a manner even exceptional for this always exciting series. Great job.
This was a quick and relatively entertaining read, but there was something of a simplistic feel to it. I felt like it needed more depth.
Not that this has to do with the story itself, but it doesn't help that this book was in need of a good editor. Perhaps spelling and grammar are losing their relevance in today's society, but one would think they should remain priorities in the publishing industry.
Not that this has to do with the story itself, but it doesn't help that this book was in need of a good editor. Perhaps spelling and grammar are losing their relevance in today's society, but one would think they should remain priorities in the publishing industry.
Although I skipped a book or two, I was able to pick up the backstory quickly. I was so interested after Ben Kincaid was whisked away with the Presidnet in a Bunker, that it only took me 2 days to read the book. The introduction of a new character, Seamus McKay was also very refreshing.
I can't wait for the next book.
I can't wait for the next book.
Bernhardt is usually one of my favorites. The torture scene he opens this book with is very graphic and painful to read. The plot then becomes quite predictable, and characters seem to be just standing around waiting to act out the usual political sitcom routine. Good Book to read at bedtime it made me sleepy.
The third (and hopefully not last) novel in the Capitol series involving Ben Kincaid. I enjoyed this much more than I did Capitol Threat and can only hope that they keep getting better and better.
I liked this book, but not as well as the ones before Ben became a senator. Even though I agreed with the sentiments expressed in the book, it seemed a tad preachy.
More recent book by Bernhardt.....less torture, less sex; a great story and fantastic ending that pulled all the aspects of the story together.
Not impressed. He also gave the number of Japanese-Americans interred during WWII as around 4,000, when it was closer to 100,000.
This is the first one of this series I have listened to. The plot was pretty engrossing and the book was pretty amusing.
A really good read, particularly with issues like terrorism facing our nation today. Mr. Bernhardt did a very good job of layering the workings of the Congress and Senate, and their annoying and always frustrating ways.
The end had just enough of a twist the leave me smiling!
The end had just enough of a twist the leave me smiling!
A political thriller set after 9/11 in the U.S.A.The setting is Washington D.C. and involves Congress, the President, the F.B.I.& the Secret Service. An interesting book.
Okay book by Bernhardt although I didn't think it was one of his best. His plot was mostly good until the end
A bit too graphic for my taste (especially the torture); but he writes a good story.
I love William Bernhardt...his books are exciting and I can hardly put them down!
This is the third book I've recently read that seemed as though its author was tired of his series' main characters and didn't quite know what to do with them. Ben didn't strike me as a well-fleshed character at all, but I did love Christina. As for the plot, that was completely predictable, and the lectures on the Bill of Rights got to be too preachy for my tastes. And I was turned off by the graphic descriptions of torture and sex. All that being said, I really want to go back and read some of...more
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Got about 50 pages in. Corny and overblown dialog, unrealistic plotting.
Rob...................
Look within for guilty parities
Look within for guilty parities
A real political action page turner.
I keep on reading this series of novels that involve the affable lawyer-senator Ben Kincaid. With all the other books it's no wonder that the White House can function without him. These novels are by no means deep but are just a pleasant get-away from the everyday grind. This novel is no different. A president fighting for his seat because of the 25th Amendment, a nuclear bomb threatening the east coast and a middle east dictator trying to bring the U.S. to there knees. What better way than to s...more
Great political story
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William loves his job and it shows in his writing. Library Journal has called him the "master of the courtroom drama;" his twenty-seven books have sold more than ten million copies worldwide. The Vancouver Sun dubbed him "the American equivalent of P.G. Wodehouse and John Mortimer." His most recent novel is Capitol Conspiracy, which takes attorney Ben Kincaid to Washington, D.C...more
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