Affairs of State
A Political Thriller

Made me think of a gleeful insider's fantasy for employees overqualified and too-damn-smart-for-their-job, here taking on Wall Street, the software industry, and politics. And no friend of religious and legal hypocrisy. It's also a fast-moving genre mashup, a sexy thriller that's both cynical and ro......more

Pacy plot An increasingly right wing president owes his position to secretive Christian zealots who’ve been manipulating things for decades. This president has also become quite abusive to his beautiful Mexican wife Liz. Not long after hooking up with computer geek and hacker extraordinaire Owen, Li......more

I received an ARC through "Booksprout" and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review. This story begins with the introduction of Owen and Jordan. The two are involved in an operation where they plant information to make a company's stock price drop. As a result, they sell short and make a profit. Owe......more

Affairs of State by C.A. James is set in the high profile world of American politics. When the President's wife Elizabeth Caen overhears her husband plotting an assassination, she knows that she needs to take action against the most powerful man in the world. Computer hacker Owen Richter makes his mo......more

First Lady Liz overhears a possible scheme the President wants to do and she seeks help from her driver, Brian, who recommends Owen. Liz wants computer criminal Owen to find the proof and stop her husband from committing the assassination. More characters on Owen's side are brought into the investig......more