Capital Crimes
32 books · Margaret Truman
New York Times Bestseller: The murder of the secretary of state in the executive mansion sparks a mystery with "a superb denouement" ( Time). In a city where the weapon of choice is usually gossip, 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 inveterate womanizer with ties to a glamorous call girl.
