Murder in the White House: A Capital Crimes Novel - Capital Crimes

Jacket Description/Flap: 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. . . . Review Quotes: "TRUMAN HAS SETTLED FIRMLY INTO A CAREER OF WRITING MURDER MYSTERIES, ALL EVOKING BRILLIANTLY THE WASHINGTON SHE KNOWS SO WELL.""-The Houston Post""THE PLOT BUILDS UP TO A SUPERB DENOUEMENT. ONE WONDERS IF ALL IS FICTION."-"Time"Biographical Note: Margaret Truman has 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, poverty and pageantry in the nation's capital. She lives in Manhattan. Publisher Marketing: 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. . . . Review Citations:

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 1070 (EAN 9780062391711, Paperback)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 930 (EAN 9780345443793, Mass Market Paperbound)

Contributor Bio:  Truman, Margaret Margaret Truman won faithful readers with her works of biography and fiction, particularly her Capital Crimes mysteries. Her novels let readers 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 shared some of the secrets and history of the White House, where she once resided. She lived in Manhattan.