Margaret Truman
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English
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Murder and intrigue on the steps of the United States capital building pulls Robert Brixton into his most personal case yet!
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....
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Capital crimes series volume 21
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English
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When two women are found murdered in the nation's capital, crime reporter Joe Wilcox invents a serial killer stalking the city, but the sudden appearance of his mentally ill brother, Michael, leads Joe to suspect that Michael could be the real thing.
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English
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When Illinois senator Lyle Simmons returns from a political fundraiser to find his wife murdered, Detective Charles Chang is assigned to the investigation, in a case that draws him into the dangerous world of political lobbyists with whom the senator has a close relationship.
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 22
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
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When the Washington National Opera becomes the scene of a brutal murder, Mac Smith and his wife, gallery owner Annabel Reed Smith, must stop an assassination plot targeting the president of the United States on opening night at the Kennedy Center.
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Capital crimes series volume 32
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English
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"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...
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Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Laura is a young intern in Washington, D.C., working for handsome and likable Congressman Hal Gannon. Laura falls for the charming Gannon, but when she catches a stewardess at Gannon's apartment, she vows to destroy him. Private investigator Robert Brixton is a former cop who has also worked for the FBI. When Laura goes missing, Brixton is hired by Laura's family to gain insight into the case that the police might have missed. Brixton tracks down...
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Capital crimes series volume 30
Publisher
St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
David Portland works security for Americas British Embassy in London. His life is upended when his son Trevor dies mysteriously in Nigeria, while employed by a suspicious security/mercenary company known as SureSafe. One night, Portland sees a man in a bar wearing a braceleta family heirloom, which he had given his sonand attacks the man. The information he learns will send Portland down a rabbit-hole of deadly deceptionone which he hopes will lead...
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English
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On a bright Saturday afternoon on the Washington Mall, the daughter of presidential candidate Robert 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 murder of a Washington, D.C. call girl--and a killer whom no one will see...
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Capital crimes series volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
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 of the classroom to tackle a case that's bad for Senator Ewald but may prove even worse for the nation. And Smith himself marches straight into the firing line of an unscrupulous TV evangelist who gets his orders from God and a dethroned Central American dictator...
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Pub. Date
2011
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English
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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.