Margaret Truman
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"During a gala benefit for the Democratic Party's hottest presidential hopeful at the glittering Kennedy Center, a young woman dies, a victim of quick and brutal violence. The murder weapon belongs to the candidate. The chief suspect is the candidate's son. The dynamic campaign of Senator Kenneth Ewald has collided with a tragedy that can send his son to jail--and wreck his own career. George Washington University law professor Mac Smith comes out...
Author
Series
Capital crimes novel ; 25
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Brixton takes on a twenty-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 organizations that been offing "troublesome" politicians for decades.
Author
Series
Capital crimes novel ; 14
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Washington, a congressman is accused of sexual harassment by a staffer. When the staffer is killed, police turn their attention to the congressman, only to see him killed and his daughter kidnaped. Sleuthing law professor Mac Smith uncovers an influence-peddling Russian connection.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Formats
Description
The 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.--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Capital crimes novel ; 11
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Formats
Description
The investigation of the murder of a chief scientist on an antimissle system brings Major Margit Falk of the Pentagon's legal staff close to the heart of a web of espionage and betrayal.
Author
Series
Capital crimes novel ; 32
Language
English
Formats
Description
"2002: A military transport on a secret run to dispose of its deadly contents vanishes without a trace. The present: A mass shooting on the steps of the Capitol nearly claims the life of Robert Brixton's grandson. No stranger to high-stakes investigations, Brixton embarks on a trail to uncover the motive behind the shooting. On the way he finds himself probing the attempted murder of the daughter his best friend, who works at the Washington offices...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The nation's first female vice president is dead. The public, including international investigator Robert Brixton, believes it was natural causes, complications related to a long-hidden heart condition. Kendra Rendine, head of Vice President Stephanie Davenport's Secret Service security detail, covertly approaches Brixton to look deeper into Davenport's death. Brixton discovers that a rumored affair between Vice President Davenport and President...
32) Women of courage
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brief biographies emphasizing the courage of twelve women both famous and little-known in United States history.
Author
Series
Capital crimes novel ; 26
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When a Washington psychiatrist is found dead in his office, Mackenzie Smith is called in to defend one of his patients who has become a suspect. Then information emerges that links the slain shrink to a highly secret CIA mind control project. A programmed assassin strikes and kills the wildly popular frontrunner in the presidential race. As a result of the assassination, the other government agencies have become aware of the rogue CIA program. They...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[1956]
Language
English
Description
What is it like to grow up a normal girl the Midwest ... and then be catapulted into the bewildering glare of world publicity when your father suddenly becomes President of the United States? In this personal narrative, Truman relates her life from childhood until the present day (1956).