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Senator
Hoping to keep his affair with a beautiful journalist secret while he campaigns for the presidency, Senator Jim O'Connor finds things becoming complicated when his mistress is murdered and he is named the prime suspect. Reprint.
411 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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April 23, 2016I don't know why this was such a tough book for me to get into, but I am glad I stuck with it. It was a good read. I am guessing all the other books I have been reading were by my usual authors and this one just kept getting a backseat; plus not many road trips. So, I just wanted to clarify my reasons for not reading it in a timely manner. I never forgot what had happened in the time that I was not reading this book.
May 8, 2014
I don't know if it is his first novel but the one thing that bothered me was his way of going into the past. It loses its flow. I like the story line. Not sure if I would read another one of his books.
February 28, 2015
This book will long remain in my memory--as the worst book I have ever read! It opens with "the senator" finding the murdered body of his mistress and goes....NOWHERE! Certainly a book that should be rated with MINUS STARS.
December 6, 2012
I hated this book. Got 35% through and called it quits. I tried to like it -- really, I did. But it was just so slow-moving.
July 18, 2017
Smeller!
August 4, 2017
Political intrigue
June 24, 2020
Picked this up on a whim for free, but really enjoyed the twists and turns off this book
August 21, 2024
This has been in My Digital Library since I downloaded it in January 2015.
I enjoyed the twists and turns as a murder adds suspense to an election campaign.
I enjoyed the twists and turns as a murder adds suspense to an election campaign.
June 22, 2015
I have been wanting to read a good mystery for awhile so when I saw Senator on Free Friday on my Nook I decided to give it a try.
Everything started out with a bang, the popular Senator Jim O'Connor finds a dead reporter in her apartment. Things quickly fall apart for Jim as it appears more and more that Jim is the killer. The beginning pulled me in but the story line quickly moved to a bunch of fluff and got super slow. If not for the fact I wanted to know who the murderer was I would have stopped reading at around the half way point.
Sad to say I am still on the hunt for a good mystery.
Everything started out with a bang, the popular Senator Jim O'Connor finds a dead reporter in her apartment. Things quickly fall apart for Jim as it appears more and more that Jim is the killer. The beginning pulled me in but the story line quickly moved to a bunch of fluff and got super slow. If not for the fact I wanted to know who the murderer was I would have stopped reading at around the half way point.
Sad to say I am still on the hunt for a good mystery.
February 15, 2015
This book gives a detailed look at the daily life of a politician forced to deal with a threat to the success of his campaign. How to deal with the possible revelation of secrets from the past, defend himself from a murder charge, win the election and save his marriage? Not as seedy as it sounds, it does raise some moral questions of right and wrong in the age of situational ethics.I found the character of his daughter to be very interesting.
April 13, 2015
When married Senator James O'Connor is in the middle of a reelection campaign the unthinkable happens - his lover is murdered, his wife is having an affair, his staff is questioning is innocence, the district attorney dislikes him AND his brother is a loser who once sold guns to the IRA. In his mind, closet skeletons aren't just rattling, they are dancing in the street. The quest to find the true killer is a painful journey that he eventually finishes.
May 16, 2015
The story of Jim O'Connor's reelection campaign is fraught with more than just political drama. The murder of his lover/biographer starts the book down a crooked path of lies, deceit and family crisis. Because it is written in first person, the story drug along a bit, but all in all, it was a good book.
September 15, 2013
A very exciting mystery and real page turner! I couldn't wait to get to the next page. Lots of twists and turns which kept you guessing and wanting more. Can't wait to read another book by this author.
March 21, 2015
The was a quick read and a good "who done it". However, I found the ending was just too long. Every time I thought all was answered, there'd be another chapter addressing something I didn't know needed addressing. Overall enjoyable read.
July 30, 2015
Good but very very long
Somehow with the main character we wander and wonder. We become immersed with him, his family, staff. But while the author looks for the murderer, it becomes lost in the characters. And it is difficult to tell if this is how it should be or not.
Somehow with the main character we wander and wonder. We become immersed with him, his family, staff. But while the author looks for the murderer, it becomes lost in the characters. And it is difficult to tell if this is how it should be or not.
September 19, 2015
A pretty good political/mystery. Not really a "thriller" but there were three plot twists that caught me by surprise.
I have this on my Nook so it looks like I read it slowly, but it'sd only because I prefer "real" book and that's what I had this winter.
I have this on my Nook so it looks like I read it slowly, but it'sd only because I prefer "real" book and that's what I had this winter.
March 5, 2016
A real thriller with a lot of twists and turns
This is a book that keeps you turning pages long after normal lights out. Plenty of false leads to keep you guessing. The teasers look like the standard is being maintained.
This is a book that keeps you turning pages long after normal lights out. Plenty of false leads to keep you guessing. The teasers look like the standard is being maintained.
January 31, 2015
A Very Good Political Mystery Thriller....
February 4, 2015
A US Senator is running for re-election. A woman is murdered and the Senator is a suspect. There are villains and many people with ulterior motives. Politics as usual. A terrific read.
February 18, 2015
Fairly good book for a "Free Friday" Nook selection. Will look for more books by Richard Bowker.
March 9, 2015
Not great literature, but very readable. Excellent beach book.
March 18, 2015
Figured out the killer early on but was still excited to know I was right.
March 27, 2015
Interesting book...
I thought it well written. It made you wonder how it was going to end and once you reached the ending what you would do if you were in the same situation.
I thought it well written. It made you wonder how it was going to end and once you reached the ending what you would do if you were in the same situation.
April 4, 2015
Very good! Finished this one in about 5 days. A good mix of politics, murder, deceit, etc. I didn't have it figured out before the ending which is always nice.
April 7, 2015
It was an OK book. It kept me guessing at time who killed her. I kinda felt the ending was just meh.
February 1, 2018
Nothing like justifying, murder, infidelity, political power seeking, . . .
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