Donald Bain Books In Order

Old Murder, She Wrote Books In Publication Order

  1. The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
  2. Hooray for Homicide (1985)
  3. Lovers and Other Killers (1986)
  4. A Time for Murder (2019)

Capital Crimes Books In Publication Order

  1. Murder in the White House (By:Margaret Truman) (1980)
  2. Murder on Capitol Hill (By:Margaret Truman) (1981)
  3. Murder in the Supreme Court (By:Margaret Truman) (1982)
  4. Murder in the Smithsonian (By:Margaret Truman) (1983)
  5. Murder on Embassy Row (By:Margaret Truman) (1984)
  6. Murder at the FBI (By:Margaret Truman) (1985)
  7. Murder in Georgetown (By:Margaret Truman) (1986)
  8. Murder in the CIA (By:Margaret Truman) (1987)
  9. Murder at the Kennedy Center (By:Margaret Truman) (1989)
  10. Murder at the National Cathedral (By:Margaret Truman) (1990)
  11. Murder at the Pentagon (By:Margaret Truman) (1992)
  12. Murder on the Potomac (By:Margaret Truman) (1994)
  13. Murder at the National Gallery (By:Margaret Truman) (1996)
  14. Murder in the House (By:Margaret Truman) (1997)
  15. Murder at the Watergate (By:Margaret Truman) (1998)
  16. Murder at the Library of Congress (By:Margaret Truman) (1999)
  17. Murder in Foggy Bottom (By:Margaret Truman) (2000)
  18. Murder in Havana (By:Margaret Truman) (2001)
  19. Murder at Ford’s Theatre (By:Margaret Truman) (2002)
  20. Murder at Union Station (By:Margaret Truman) (2004)
  21. Murder at The Washington Tribune (By:Margaret Truman) (2005)
  22. Murder at the Opera (By:Margaret Truman) (2006)
  23. Murder on K Street (By:Margaret Truman) (2007)
  24. Murder Inside the Beltway (By:Margaret Truman) (2008)
  25. Monument to Murder (By:Margaret Truman) (2011)
  26. Experiment in Murder (With: Margaret Truman) (2012)
  27. Undiplomatic Murder (With: Margaret Truman) (2014)
  28. Internship in Murder (With: Margaret Truman) (2015)
  29. Deadly Medicine (With: Margaret Truman) (2016)
  30. Allied in Danger (With: Margaret Truman) (2018)
  31. Murder on the Metro (By:Jon Land,Margaret Truman) (2021)
  32. Murder at the CDC (By:Jon Land,Margaret Truman) (2022)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Lights Out! (2014)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Every Midget Has an Uncle Sam Costume (2002)
  2. The CIA’s Control of Candy Jones (2002)
  3. Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame (2004)
  4. Murder, HE Wrote (2006)

Standalone Plays In Publication Order

  1. Olden Times, or the Rising of the Session (2019)

Murder, She Wrote Books In Publication Order

  1. The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
  2. Hooray for Homicide (1985)
  3. Lovers and Other Killers (1986)
  4. Gin & Daggers (1989)
  5. Manhattans & Murder (1994)
  6. Rum & Razors (1995)
  7. Brandy and Bullets (1995)
  8. Martinis & Mayhem (1995)
  9. A Deadly Judgment (1996)
  10. A Palette for Murder (1996)
  11. The Highland Fling Murders (1997)
  12. Murder on the QE2 (1997)
  13. Murder in Moscow (1998)
  14. A Little Yuletide Murder (1998)
  15. Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (1999)
  16. Knock ’em Dead (1999)
  17. Trick or Treachery (2000)
  18. Blood on the Vine (2001)
  19. Murder in a Minor Key (2001)
  20. Provence to Die for (2002)
  21. You Bet Your Life (2002)
  22. Majoring In Murder (2003)
  23. Destination Murder (2003)
  24. Dying to Retire (2004)
  25. A Vote for Murder (2004)
  26. The Maine Mutiny (2005)
  27. Margaritas and Murder (2005)
  28. A Question of Murder (2006)
  29. Three Strikes and You’re Dead (2006)
  30. Coffee, Tea, or Murder? (2007)
  31. Panning for Murder (2007)
  32. Murder on Parade (2008)
  33. A Slaying in Savannah (2008)
  34. Madison Avenue Shoot (2009)
  35. A Fatal Feast (2009)
  36. Nashville Noir (2010)
  37. The Queen’s Jewels (2010)
  38. Skating on Thin Ice (2011)
  39. The Fine Art of Murder (2011)
  40. Trouble at High Tide (2012)
  41. Domestic Malice (2012)
  42. Prescription for Murder (2013)
  43. Close-up on Murder (2013)
  44. Aloha Betrayed (2014)
  45. Death of a Blue Blood (2014)
  46. Killer in the Kitchen (2015)
  47. The Ghost and Mrs Fletcher (2015)
  48. Design For Murder (2016)
  49. Hook, Line, and Murder (2016)
  50. A Date with Murder (By:Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2018)
  51. Manuscript for Murder (By:Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2019)
  52. Murder in Red (By:Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2019)
  53. A Time for Murder (2019)
  54. The Murder of Twelve (By:Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2020)
  55. Murder In Season (By:Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2020)
  56. Killing in a Koi Pond (By:Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2021)
  57. Debonair in Death (By:Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2021)

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Donald Bain Books Overview

Murder in the White House (By:Margaret Truman)

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…
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Murder on Capitol Hill (By:Margaret Truman)

Between them, Senator Cale Caldwell and his blue blooded wife controlled as much power on Capitol Hill as the law would allow. Sadly, it wasn t sufficient to protect him from a killer, even surrounded by his friends at a champagne reception in his honor.

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…
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Murder in the Supreme Court (By:Margaret Truman)

‘A thriller…
a novel…
a fun thing, an entertainment and good reading.’LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEWWho would want to kill Clarence Sutherland, a bright and handsome young man? The answer: practically everybody.

Murder in the Smithsonian (By:Margaret Truman)

‘Nonstop action and a brillianly evocative setting make this another winner!’BOOKLISTDr. 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…
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Murder on Embassy Row (By:Margaret Truman)

Ambassador Geoffrey James might be a British citizen, but when he dies on the night of a gala party, it’s up to Captain Sal Morizio of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department to investitgate. Despite orders to desist, Morizio and his lady love, fellow officer Connie Lake, know too much. And what they learn on an international search for missing clues tells them a lot about corruption in high places and the effects of caviar on otherwise rational people…
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Murder at the FBI (By:Margaret Truman)

Special agent George Pritchard was nobody’s favorite at the FBI. But when his murdered body is found, agents Ross Lizenby and Christine Saksis look for answers only to find that the bureau wants questions kept to a suspicious minimum…
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Murder in Georgetown (By:Margaret Truman)

‘The oil of inside knowledge lubricates the asembled whole into a smooth running, fast moving narrative.’
CHICAGO SUN TIMES
Beautiful twenty year old Valerie Frolich, a Senator’s daughter, is killed at a posh Georgetown party. And when Joe Potamos, of the Washington Post’s police beat, is assigned to report the murder, he finds out a number of things about Valerie which lead him to a number of startling questions about Georgetown’s most powerful men and women questions whose answers have the power of life or death…
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Murder in the CIA (By:Margaret Truman)

Barrie Mayer, a beautiful Washington literary agent, finds her trip to Budapest cut short when her body turns up dead. But her best friend, Colette Cahill, a CIA agent, knows that Barrie was carrying something else in her briefcase, and she suspects the worst. When the Agency instructs her to investigate, Colette could lose her own life in the high stakes search…
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‘Smooth…
seductive.’
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Murder at the Kennedy Center (By:Margaret Truman)

‘An exciting romp.’THE DALLAS MORNING NEWSDuring 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…
. From the Paperback edition.

Murder at the National Cathedral (By:Margaret Truman)

‘One of her most enjoyable books.’ASSOCIATED PRESSThe brutal murder of a friend drags Mac Smith and Annabel Reed from their newlywed bliss into an unholy web of intrigue and danger. When a second murder is commited in England, which the honeymooners had just visited, the Smiths go back across the seas, 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. From the Paperback edition.

Murder at the Pentagon (By:Margaret Truman)

‘Margaret Truman has become a first rate mystery writer.’
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…
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Murder on the Potomac (By:Margaret Truman)

NATIONAL BESTSELLERMARGARET TRUMANBestselling author of MURDER AT THE PENTAGONMURDER ON THE POTOMAC’A first rate mystery writer.’ Los Angeles Times Book ReviewFirst time in paperback!’Harry’s daughter knows her milieu; better still, she knows how to portray it convincingly.’ The San Diego UnionLaw professor Mac has unflagging passion for two things in his life: his wife Annabel and the majestic Potomac River. When Mac discovers a weed shrouded body in the latter, the former gets edgy. Lovely Annabel, owner of a flourishing Georgetown art gallery, must not only endure her husband’s obsession with another killing, but she must believe Mac when he says that a stunning female former student is one of the only people who can help him. 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 .’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’Margaret Truman has settled firmly into a career of writing murder mysteries, all evoking brilliantly the Washington she knows so well.’ The Houston Post

Murder at the National Gallery (By:Margaret Truman)

‘POWERFUL…
FASCINATING…
Truman absolutely amazes.’
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

Murder in the House (By:Margaret Truman)

Congressman Latham has maintained an impeccable record in Washington, and so he seems the logical choice when nominated by his friend, President Scott, to become the next secretary of state. His confirmation hearings appear to be a formality until rumors emerge of sexual misconduct and influence peddling. Then, early one morning, he is found shot to death, an apparent suicide. Nobody close to Paul Latham believes his demise a suicide; there are just too many questions left unanswered. Why would he kill himself, and why would he do it in a public place? Why was there no suicide note? Where did he get the gun? Where is Latham’s appointment secretary, Marge Edwards? So Latham’s close friend lawyer professor Mackensie Smith goes about uncovering the truth. In the process he unearths connections to the CIA, businessman Warren Brazier, Russian communists, and a shady private detective. Eventually Smith’s own life is threatened, leading him to a dramatic and shocking truth. Murder in the House is a story about the webs of influence people weave to protect their interests, and about those innocent people who, by accident or design, get caught in these webs. It is the story of the abuse of power for personal gain, and of the increasing influence that the global economy has on the way our nation is being run. Margaret Truman, with her intricate know ledge of the political, social, and practical workings of Washington, masterfully explores these connections in this highly suspenseful tale of intrigue, deception, and murderous intent. From the Hardcover edition.

Murder at the Watergate (By:Margaret Truman)

The Watergate in Washington, D.C., is one of the world’s most famous addresses although not everyone knows exactly what it is. This imposing, fabulous complex is made up of a hotel, residences, restaurants, offices, shops, and more. It is a haven for the famous after they break out and, on occasion, for the infamous when they break in. Its very name has become part of our history. Margaret Truman, herself the bearer of one of the world’s most famous names, knows Washington’s ins and outs, including who is ‘in’ and who is ‘out.’ In this absorbing, timely Capital Crimes mystery, she shows us around this fascinating city that is America’s center of power and some would say corruption. Some of those who are ‘out’ here are very dead indeed. The glittering cast of characters includes Vice President Joe Aprile, who plans to become president, if he can avoid a tempting vice; a glamorous Washington hostess and fund raiser, Elfie Dorrance, with a propensity for marrying rich and powerful men and then grieving prettily at the end their end; and Chris Hedras, a special assistant to the vice president, with some very special ambitions. And, of course, Annabel Smith, gallery owner, and Mac Smith, law school professor. The story deals in part with the influence on political campaigns of ‘soft money’ and its hard consequences, as well as this country’s tortuous and often ambiguous relationship with Mexico, in particular the glorious San Miguel de Allende, home of the well to do, and a few ill to do, a place involving drugs, politics, and police and politicians looking the other way. Once again Margaret Truman offers a delight to the reader who likes a fast turning page, the pleasure of inside information, the allure of high life crossing paths with lowlife, and the return of the attractive crime solving couple Mac and AnnabelFrom the Hardcover edition.

Murder at the Library of Congress (By:Margaret Truman)

Margaret Truman looks inside one of D.C.’s great institutions, the Library of Congress, the place where much of the wisdom of the nation is collected, and finds blood on the floor. Was there a second diary, beyond the one Columbus kept, describing his voyage to the New World? Leading scholars at the Library of Congress think so, and Annabel Smith, with her pre Columbian interests, has been commissioned by the library’s magazine, Civilization, to write about it. She is not the only person interested. Word comes through the rare books black market that a wealthy bibliophile has been offered the second diary: He’d not only pay, he’d almost kill to possess it. Starting her search in the library itself, Annabel soon finds herself competing with an ambitious TV journalist. As both women come closer to finding the hidden documents, other questions creep up. Was the murder of the library’s most prominent Hispanic scholar connected to the missing diary? Further research leads them deeper into barely explored corners of the library and closer to having to face their own mortality. Murder in familiar yet surprising surroundings a great library leads to a surprising conclusion in this latest Capital Crime novel.

Murder in Foggy Bottom (By:Margaret Truman)

In Margaret Truman’s latest mystery, the scene opens with an obscure death in Washington’s Foggy Bottom, home of the State Department, shifts to mass 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.

Murder in Havana (By:Margaret Truman)

Max Pauling, of Murder in Foggy Bottom, is coaxed out of a restless retirement by another ‘ex ‘ CIA colleague. The case that tempts him is one involving a large American pharmaceutical firm that may be using a German company as a front to get around the U.S. scientific and technical embargo of Cuba. What’s at stake? An ex senator, who heads up a drug company, is after big game: the surprising and stunning medical research being conducted by the Cubans to develop a more effective anticancer drug. Max, who is among other things a pilot, is assured that this will be a purely private assignment no assassinations, no government to subvert, no informers to turnjust a few easy flights and a little time in the sun. Once in Havana, he makes contact with a ravishing Cuban American woman who is to be his ‘translator.’ Soon, he finds himself hunted as an assassin in a place where murder is sanctioned for a greater good, or greater greed, and those caught in the crossfire are as quickly consumed as a frozen daiquiri.

Murder at Ford’s Theatre (By:Margaret Truman)

It was the site of one of the most infamous assassinations in American history. Now bestselling mystery master Margaret Truman premieres a new murder at Ford’s Theater one that s hot off today s headlines. 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.

Murder at Union Station (By:Margaret Truman)

When Washington’s splendid Union Station opened its doors in 1908, the glorious structure epitomized capital stylishness. Today, restored and refurbished, the station is again a hub of activity where the world s most famous and infamous people meet and often collide. Now, in Margaret Truman s new Capital Crime novel, this landmark locale becomes the scene of a sensational shooting whose consequences ricochet from seedy bars to the halls of Congress. 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.

Murder at The Washington Tribune (By:Margaret Truman)

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. Now 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.

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 ad 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 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.

Chilling, riveting, and richly rewarding, Murder at The Washington Tribune is a brilliant tale of real people in a world where law, power, and honesty collide and where the punishment only sometimes fits the crime.

Murder at the Opera (By:Margaret Truman)

Margaret Truman, who knows where all the bodies are buried inside the Beltway, has written her most thrilling novel of suspense yet. Murder at the Opera features the popular crime fighting couple Mac Smith and his wife, Annabel Reed Smith, as they navigate the glitz, glamour, and grime that is Washington, D.C.

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.

Murder on K Street (By:Margaret Truman)

Nobody knows the crooked turns, slippery slopes, and dark, dangerous stretches of the Beltway better than Margaret Truman, dean of the Washington, D.C., mystery scene. And no one is better equipped to lead a suspenseful tour into the treacherous territory of big time political lobbying, where the right information and enough influence can buy power the kind that corrupts…
and sometimes kills.

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.

Murder Inside the Beltway (By:Margaret Truman)

In an esteemed writing career spanning nearly three decades, Margaret Truman penned twenty four thrilling Capital Crimes novels, which The Atlanta Journal Constitution called a dazzling series. Now, in her crowning achievement, Murder Inside the Beltway, Truman brilliantly shows that politics can be not only dirty but downright deadly. 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.

Monument to Murder (By:Margaret Truman)

Times are tough in Savannah for former cop and current PI Robert Brixton, so when he agrees to take on a 20 year old murder case, he figures he’s got nothing to lose. It s not long before the trail leads him deep into the corrupt underbelly of Savannah s power elite, and right into the lap of a secret government organization that s been offing troublesome politicians for decades. The cold case heats up when he joins forces with former attorneys Mackensie and Annabel Lee Smith to investigate the organization and the murders they committed in the name of patriotism. With what he knows, Brixton can bring down Washington D.C. s leading social hostess, if not the administration itself. But can he outwit an organization that is hell bent on keeping its secrets secrets that go all the way back to the assassinations of Jack and Bobby Kennedy?Margaret Truman brings us into the corridors of Washington power as only she can, where the end too often justifies the means, where good people are destroyed by those for whom the only goal is survival whatever the cost.

Every Midget Has an Uncle Sam Costume

For anyone wishing to travel with a raconteur, a true renaissance man, this volume is your ticket for the journey. Murder mysteries, comedies, investigative journalism, westerns, biographies, Mafia novels: Donald Bain has written them all in a remarkable career spanning more than 80 titles as author or ghostwriter. In this book, which is both an autobiography and a key to becoming a selling writer, Bain races the reader along on the road he has traveled from the sands of Saudi Arabia to the quicksand of Hollywood moviemaking; from Coffee, Tea or Me?, and the best selling comedy series it spawned, to acclaimed biographies of actress Veronica Lake, and top model and CIA mind control experimentation subject Candy Jones; from the wildly successful mystery novels based on the popular TV show ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ to the most bizarre gang wars in our nation’s history during Prohibition madness; as well as books on caviar, airline safety and stock car racing. Bain leads the reader into the publishing trenches, and introduces the fascinating, often strange people with whom he’s dealt, relates experiences, funny and sad, from his long career, and celebrates having survived in a profession not noted for longevity. It will be an entertaining and informative addition to any creative writing syllabus.

The CIA’s Control of Candy Jones

In the 26 years since The Control of Candy Jones was first published, the controversy surrounding this wrenching tale of how one of America’s most famous models was used by the CIA as a human guinea pig in its infamous mind control experiments, has never completely vanished. It has remained a ‘cult book,’ fueling the cause of critics of the CIA, and further defining the now proven and accepted thesis that the minds of certain people can be manipulated and controlled, in this instance, for evil purposes. 20th Century Fox paid significant money for it as a film vehicle for Jane Fonda, yet never produced the movie despite attempts at screenplays by three of Hollywood’s best, and has refused to sell the rights to the many producers who’ve expressed interest in making the film. Why? The CIA attempted to suppress the book, as did one of the doctors, a physician to the stars, who spearheaded the intelligence agency’s mind control experimentation. This edition, with a new foreword by the author, presents another opportunity for every concerned citizen to share the compelling tragedy suffered by Candy Jones during that dark, tumultuous period in our history known as the ‘Cold War.’

Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame

This book recounts a famous turf war raged during Prohibition. Charlie Birger’s outsized ambitions brought him from New York to southern Illinois in search of fortune as a bootlegger. He soon found that his dream to be ‘even bigger than Al Capone’ faced a few hurdles including the vicious Shelton Brothers and Helen Holbrook, a beautiful, alcoholic socialite from Shawneetown, whose simultaneous affairs with Birger and Carl Shelton fueled a bloody and bizarre gang war.

Murder, HE Wrote

In Murder HE Wrote, Bain takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey from the rousing loops of Coffee, Tea or Me and the best selling comedy series it spawned to the gravity defying biographies of Veronica Lake, legendary talk show king Long John Nebel, and top model and CIA mind control subject Candy Jones; from the spectacular curves and twists of the wildly successful murder mystery novels based on the TV show ‘Murder, She Wrote’ to the creaks and squeaks of one of the most bizarre gang wars in U.S. history, Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame.

Gin & Daggers

Jessica Fletcher is off to London to deliver the keynote address at a mystery writers convention. She’s also looking forward to seeing her mentor, Marjorie Ainsworth, who’s hosting a party on her estate to celebrate her latest book. But a routine business trip becomes murderous business when Jessica discovers Marjorie stabbed to death in her own bedroom…
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Manhattans & Murder

Promoting her latest book in New York, Jessica Fletcher encounters a former drug smuggler dressed up in a Santa suit and sets up an interview with him, only to discover the unlikely St. Nick dead the next day. TV tie in.

Rum & Razors

Learning about the financial troubles of inn owners Laurie and Walter Marschalk, Jessica tries to enjoy her lagoon vacation anyway, until Walter’s untimely death causes the sleuthing author to investigate a rival hotelier. TV tie in.

Brandy and Bullets

Overseeing the renovation of the local Worrell mansion into an art colony, Jessica Fletcher finds her suspicions roused when two struggling artists mysteriously die and must stop the killer before she becomes the next target. TV tie in.

Martinis & Mayhem

Promoting her newest book in glamorous San Francisco, Jessica Fletcher visits a women’s prison and afterwards finds a mysterious diary in her bag that makes her suspect that an inmate has been falsely accused of murder.

A Deadly Judgment

Mystery writer Jessica Fletcher travels from Cabot Cove to Boston to help an eccentric lawyer friend defend a tycoon accused of fratricide. When the defendant’s girlfriend and only alibi shows up dead, Jessica must outwit the determined prosecutor and find the real culprit before the killer finds her.

A Palette for Murder

The sixth mystery in the series based on the popular TV program finds Jessica Fletcher vacationing in the Hamptons, where she enrolls in an art class in which a lovely young model suddenly turns up dead.

The Highland Fling Murders

The seventh novel based on the television program finds Jessica Fletcher on a visit to a reputedly haunted castle in Scotland, where a local lass is found murdered in same way as a legendary witch.

Murder on the QE2

Bestselling mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher is invited to travel to London on the grand dame of ocean liners, the Queen Elizabeth II, as one of seven guest lecturers. The night they set sail, a fellow speaker is found brutally murdered. Now Jessica has just four days at sea to find the killer before she finds more of her colleagues, or even herself, dead in the water! .

Murder in Moscow

Mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher visits Moscow as part of a United States publishing group to help Russia succeed as a democracy. But the poisoning of a Russian publisher, who possessed information which could topple the government in power, places her in a dangerous situation. Jess turns to the American Embassy for help, only to discover that the United States government is involved.

A Little Yuletide Murder

It’s beginning to look a lot like murder…
Jessica Fletcher is planning to spend a cozy Christmas in Cabot Cove. But when Rory Brent is found shot to death on his farm, there will be no peace on earth until his killer is found. Snooping into the small town s past for a motive, Jessica is determined to deliver the killer before Christmas. The trouble is, the next sound she hears this silent night may be a scream her own

Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch

While visiting an old friend’s ranch in Colorado, bestselling mystery author Jessica Fletcher is caught in a fiendish plot of revenge when one of the guests is found stabbed to death. Soon after, the victim’s wife is also discovered murdered in a gruesome fashion. With the police at a loss, and the rest of the ranch guests on edge, Jessica decides to do some research into the past of some of the less than cordial guests. What she discovers may help her crack the case…
if it doesn’t get her killed first!.

Knock ’em Dead

When one of her mystery books is turned into a Broadway play, Jessica hits the Big Apple to help out the production. But when dead bodies offstage start upstaging the performers onstage, it’s up to Jess to drop the curtain on a killer!Sales PointsMurder, She Wrote is one of the most popular mystery series of all time! Also available: Murder at Powderhorn Ranch, A Little Yuletide Murder, Murder in Moscow, Murder on the QE2, Highland Fling Murders, A Palette for Murder, A Deadly Judgement, Martinis and Mayhem, Brandy and Bullets, Rum and Razors, Manhattans and Murder

Trick or Treachery

With the arrival of a spiritual medium in town, the annual Halloween party in Cabot Cave takes on a real scary tone. When a self proclaimed witch ends up dead in the graveyard, Jessica stirs through a witches’ brew of motives and concocts a scary scheme of her own to make sure the guilty ghoul doesn’t get away with murder.

Blood on the Vine

Bestselling author Jessica Fletcher travels to California’s wine country for rest and relaxation. What she finds is an old Hollywood friend, dead from an apparent suicide and a vintage crop of enemies who suggest to Jessica that something’s rotten in Napa Valley.

Murder in a Minor Key

After attending a writers’ conference in New Orleans, Jessica Fletcher can’t resist staying an extra week for the annual jazz festival. In her short time there, she gets a chance to sample everything the city has to offer its delectable food, its wonderful music, and of course, its unique blend of murder and corruption.

Provence to Die for

In her seventeenth book adventure, bestselling author Jessica Fletcher travels to Provence for some haute cuisine, and becomes embroiled in a culinary murder mystery.

You Bet Your Life

When her old friend Martha decides to get married in Las Vegas, Jessica Fletcher makes the trip to watch her walk down the aisle. But what are the odds that she’ll be back two years later to watch Martha stand accused of her husband’s murder? Jessica’s never been one to gamble, but she’s willing to bet that Martha isn’t guilty. Her husband was a high rolling Las Vegas local with three ex wives and plenty of jealous acquaintances. Joining Martha’s defense team, Jessica combs through the man’s past to find the real killer. But as the media attention grows and Jessica is interviewed by the news anchors of ‘Court TV’ the stakes are raised, and Jessica learns how to play for keeps.

Majoring In Murder

Celebrity mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is riding out Schoolman College’s first tornado in over sixty years. As a visiting professor, she is there to teach a creative writing class. But after two men choose to brave the tornado rather than take shelter and one of them is found dead Jessica wonders if her darkest suspicions are strictly academic.

Destination Murder

All aboard! America’s star sleuth takes to the rails in this special 20th novel in the USA Today bestselling series Over 3 million copies of the series in print! Mystery writer Jessica Fletcher takes a three night train trip with her friend and his railroad association through scenic British Columbia. But when a member of the entourage takes a sip of a Bloody Mary and dies, police begin investigating. The suspects gather in the Starlight Express dinner car, and it’s up to Jessica to do some unplanned sleuthing before everyone’s plans are derailed by death.

Dying to Retire

America’s favorite sleuth is back in a brand new mystery

Over 3 million copies of the series in print!

Jessica Fletcher is in a Florida retirement community for the funeral of a dear old friend whose heart gave out only to discover that the woman’s death from natural causes may have been artificially induced.

With the help of a feisty group of young in spirit retirees, Jessica must track down the clues and find out who prescribed the fatal treatment…

A Vote for Murder

Jessica’s in Washington, D.C., to support a senator’s new literacy initiative. The weeklong literacy event includes a visit to the White House to meet the president and a lavish party or two. But during one affair at the senator’s home in Virginia, Jessica discovers the dark side of politics…
At the foot of a rickety staircase, she finds the body of the senator’s chief of staff. Her search for culprits leads her from the shady halls of the Library of Congress to the D.C. social scene and even the FBI. AUTHORBIO: Jessica Fletcher is a bestselling mystery writer who has a knack for stumbling upon real life mysteries in her various travels. Donald Bain, her longtime collaborator, is also the writer of more than 80 other books, many of them bestsellers.

The Maine Mutiny

Jessica Fletcher is pitching in to help Cabot Cove’s first Lobster Festival by writing an article about the lifestyle of the local lobstermen. But instead of getting the story, she becomes tangled in a net of intrigue and murder. And she better sink her claws into this puzzling case or she may find herself becoming the next catch of the day.

Margaritas and Murder

San Miguel de Allende is a picturesque town in central Mexico’s highlands that attracts artists, retirees, and those in need of some rest and relaxation. So when publisher Vaughan Buckley and his wife, Olga, invite Jessica to join them for a little R & R, she jumps at the opportunity to spend time basking in the sun and enjoying Mexican culture with her friends. But there are those who don t share Jessica s appreciation for the arts. Ruthless kidnappers abduct Vaughan and demand a considerable ransom for his safe return or else Olga will be made a widow. Jessica can t imagine why local criminals would be interested in Vaughan. To solve the mystery, she turns her attention to his friends in San Miguel friends who don t appreciate Jessica poking her nose into their business…
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A Question of Murder

Everyone’s favorite crime writer stars in a brand new adventure Over Three million copies of the USA Today bestselling series in print! Jessica Fletcher is attending a writer’s conference at a historic mansion in the Berkshires, where her friends are hosting a murder mystery party. As both crime solver and mystery author, Jessica is an old hand at this kind of thing. So she swears to the Savoys that she won’t reveal the secrets of their play and goes about enjoying the weekend with her colleagues. But when a young actor’s murder scene appears all too real, no one can tell what’s scripted and what isn’t. They say the show must go on, but now everyone is wondering: Who really dunit?

Three Strikes and You’re Dead

Jessica goes out to the ballgame-and comes through in the bottom of the ninth-in a brand-new mystery in the USA Today bestselling series.

Visiting her old friends Judge Jack and Meg Duffy in Arizona, Jessica watches their foster son hit the winning run for the Mesa Rattlers in a AA league playoff game. She and the Duffys are thrilled at Ty Ramos’s success, but team owner Harrison Bennett is not. His son Junior and Ty are bitter rivals, and the tension at the team dinner later that evening threatens to empty the dugouts.

By the next morning, Junior Bennett is dead, and Ty is the prime suspect. Jessica finds it hard to believe that such a fine young man would wreck his life in a moment of anger-and when she starts looking into the Rattlers’ recent season, she finds out that for some people, baseball is more than just a game.

Coffee, Tea, or Murder?

A brand new mystery in the USA Today bestselling series from America’s favorite sleuth. Ms. Fletcher learns that the friendly skies aren’t so friendly after all. When Cabot Cove’s own Wayne Silverton debuts his new airline, he invites Jessica Fletcher and other locals on the inaugural flight from Boston to London. Jessica is thrilled for the opportunity to visit her dear friend, Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland. But the reunion hits turbulence when George is called to the airport to investigate the apparent murder of Wayne Silverton. Jessica and George decide to put their sleuthing skills together. But there’s a full passenger list of suspects and Jessica’s going to have to catch a killer before she can catch a flight home.

Panning for Murder

Jessica’s plans to enjoy a relaxing cruise to Alaska are dashed when her friend Kathy Copeland joins her. Kathy s sister vanished from the very same vessel on a prior voyage, and though Wilimena often disappeared on flights of fancy, this time Kathy is convinced of foul play. The Copeland sisters had a notorious aunt the most famous madam in Alaskan history who, rumor has it, struck it rich during the Gold Rush. It seems the daring Wilimena has gone in search of the treasure, and may have attracted the wrong kind of attention. Suddenly, Jessica s vacation becomes a challenging investigation. And before she and Kathy are even halfway to their destination, Jessica senses that someone is watching every move they make.

Murder on Parade

Get ready for some serious fireworks with the newest installment in the USA Today Bestselling series MORE THAN 4.5 million copies in print!

Every Fourth of July, the town of Cabot Cove hosts an elaborate celebration and no one is more enthusiastic than the town’s newest resident, corporate mogul Joseph Lennon. He s desperate to give the town an unwanted 21st century makeover, including financing a fireworks extravaganza to rival New York City s. But when Lennon s lifeless body is found floating in the water outside his office, Jessica Fletcher has no choice but to investigate her fellow Cabot Cove citizens to find out if one of them is capable of murder…

A Slaying in Savannah

Jessica Fletcher digs up a home grown murder mystery down South in this brand new installment in the USA Today bestselling series.

Jessica is saddened when her eccentric old friend Tillie Mortelaine pas*ses away and surprised to learn that Tillie has left her a million dollars. But there are strings attached. Jessica must use the money to help the literacy fund she and Tillie established years ago in Savannah, Georgia. And she will receive the money only if she can solve a mystery within the month: the murder of Tillie’s fianc , Wanamaker Jones.

As Jessica settles into Tillie s Savannah mansion and meets Tillie s boarders, she also discovers that the spirit of Wanamaker Jones haunts the grounds. And that there are those in Savannah who are looking to cash in on Tillie s demise and Jessica s failure…

Madison Avenue Shoot

When Jessica’s favorite nephew, Grady, asks her tovisit him in New York City, she’s happy to reunitewith him. But there’s more to Grady’s invitationthan family ties. It turns out that Grady is working as an accountantfor a big time production company that is creatinga series of commercials featuring famous faces. AndGrady has proposed that Jessica star in one of thefirst ads. While she loves her nephew, Jessica doesn’treally want her face on camera. But with Grady’sassurances and her agent’s nudging she finallyagrees to do it. So it’s lights, camera, action but the action doesn’tstop for Jessica when the camera cuts. One of themost creative, ambitious and despised bigwigs isfound murdered on the set, and there’s a long list ofsuspects with a motive. And Jessica soon finds herselfnot just a witness in a murder case but the onlyone who can uncover the killer.

A Fatal Feast

The newest novel in the USA Today bestselling series finds Jessica Fletcher cooking up a heartwarming holiday dinner and a fresh serving of trouble…

Jessica Fletcher would like nothing more than to sit back and relax as Thanksgiving comes to Cabot Cove. But this year, she’s already got more on her plate than she can handle.

Jessica is suffering from a rare case of writer’s block, and the deadline for her new novel is fast approaching. Also, her friend, Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland, is coming from London to experience the American holiday. But most distressing of all, Jessica is hosting a bountiful Thanksgiving dinner for a guest list that is growing by the day.

Jessica carries on toward her culinary conquest, and she couldn’t be more thankful about the results. Until she and George take a post turkey stroll and stumble upon the body of a man with a carving knife stuck in his chest…

Nashville Noir

In the brand new novel in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher learns that some songs end on a fatal note. Jessica Fletcher knows that creativity must be nurtured. So when a young lady from Cabot Cove shows promise as a singer and songwriter, Jessica and a local citizens committee send Cyndi on a scholarship trip to Nashville, Tennessee, where she can benefit from professional instruction. Only weeks later, Cabot Cove is shocked to hear of the cold blooded murder of a brash country music publisher by the young talent Cyndi! And as Cyndi’s mother begs Jessica to help her daughter, Jess heads to the country music capital of the world to help the wayward starlet. Jessica finds that the murdered man was no country gentleman, with a list of ex wives, cheated partners, swindled singers, and stolen songs that has Jessica swinging to and fro in the search for a killer. And if she can’t uncover the culprit soon, Jessica knows that poor Cyndi will never get the chance for an encore…

The Queen’s Jewels

In the brand new novel in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher takes a cruise through some rough and deadly seas. Jessica Fletcher has always wanted to take a transatlantic voyage on the legendary Queen Mary II. Now, she’s finally getting her chance. She’s hoping to fly to London, spend a few quiet days visiting, and then depart on the high seas. When she calls her old friend, Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland, to let him know she’s on her way, he mentions the case of an enormously valuable diamond that was stolen from its wealthy owner, who was murdered during the heist. Jessica is well aware of the story. But when she finally boards her dream ship, the deadly mystery appears to have followed her up the gangplank. Now, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, she must try to enjoy the sumptuous seaborne surroundings while she tries to find a priceless diamond and the killer desperate enough to take a life for it.

Skating on Thin Ice

The brand new mystery in the USA Today bestselling series finda Jessica Fletcher on the trail of a cold killer…
Christine Allen’s dream of competing in pairs figure skating competitions becomes a nightmare when a series of ‘accidents’ ruins her practice sessions with her partner and coach. And when the body of one of the trio is found dead at the arena, Jessica is determined to uncover the chilling motives behind the murder…

Trouble at High Tide

While on vacation in Bermuda, Jessica Fletcher is surprised to hear the local population is abuzz over a trio of murders, each bearing an eerie resemblance to the 1888 Jack the Ripper killings. Jessica dismisses the panicked chatter as just that until her friend Thomas Betterton’s niece is found dead on the beach after a party. And when Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland arrives to investigate, Jessica can’t help but get involved an act that brings her dangerously close to a killer…

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