Murder in Foggy Bottom (Capital Crimes) - Hardcover

Truman, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375500693 ISBN 13: 9780375500695

Publisher: Random House, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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From the Back Cover

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.

Writing of her recent novel, Murder at the Library of Congress, the Publishers Weekly reviewer put it this way:
"[Getting to the climax is the] fun of the book. The Library is
the real star, and D.C., as always, proves fertile ground for intrigue."

About the Author

When Margaret Truman takes aim at Washington, D.C., the target is anything but foggy. In a "dazzling series" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) of popular novels, she has told us stories about the institutions of government and about Washington's characters and customs. These entertaining works are also available in Fawcett Crest paperback editions.

She and her husband, the late Clifton Daniel, retired editor and writer for The New York Times, made their home in New York for many years. Truman goes back occasionally by invitation to the White House and the District she knows so well. She has four grown sons and five grandchildren.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375500693
• ISBN 13: 9780375500695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336