Murder in the White House: A Capital Crimes Novel

By Margaret Truman and Bill Knox Margaret Truman, George Bagby

Book Overview

Terrifically readable. ... Wildly imaginative. --New York Daily News

A lawyer with ties to the President must investigate the murder of the Secretary of State under mysterious circumstances, in this first book in Margaret Truman's New York Times bestselling Capital Crimes series.

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. . . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062391712
• ISBN13: 9780062391711
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.1" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

I found this book disappointing

I have before enjoyed Margaret Truman's books very much but not this one. It dragged on and on. Finally, the end came and I was appalled by the solution to the crime.

A Wonderful Adventure at the White House

Margaret Truman has done it again ! This work is set at our nation's most secure home, the White House. Yet a murder happens within the secure walls and the Secret Sevice is out of the loop in trying to solve the mystery. The reader is taken on a clever journey of suspects and situations, each one which seems likely to lead to the solution of the crime. However a first family secret unknown to but a very few of the characters plays a major part in solving the crime. Without saying more, this story is one a reader will not want to put down until reaching the last few pages where the startling conclusion is revealed.

Murder in the White House

Well written, easy to follow and kept you yearning for the next page. Great book

Grabs you attention and doesn't let it go

I picked up this book and did not put it down, I finished it in a little over a week. It is set in Washington and really describes DC and is a classic old fashioned murder mystery. It is very suspenseful and keeps the reader interested. READ IT!! It is really good.

Murder in the White House (Capital Crimes

Once I started reading I couldn't hardly put it down until I finished.