An American Killing, MaryAnn Tirone Smith
An American Killing, MaryAnn Tirone Smith
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An American Killing

Author: Mary-Ann Tirone Smith

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 11 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/11/2008


Synopsis

As such things are measured in Washington, Denise Burke has everything a woman of wit could want: two hip kids able to look after themselves; a marriage constructed to allow maximum mutual leeway with a husband smack in the center of Clinton's inner circle; and a high-profile lover, the most eligible bachelor on Capitol Hill. Plus, she's a bestselling author of several true crime books. When her lover urges Denise to look into an old murder in his district - and then just as urgently begs her to drop the whole thing, her stubborn streak kicks in. And when he dies in flagrante with a D.C. callgirl, her bullshit detector goes on red alert: the good congressman didn't have to pay for sex. But when death strikes even closer to home, Denise becomes a woman with a big-time problem. Someone is very serious about getting her to drop the old case. Serious enough to make her the target of the next hit.

About Mary-Ann Tirone Smith

Mary-Ann Tirone Smith is the author of four previous books, including The Book of Phoebe and Masters of Illusion. She lives in Connecticut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kirsti on August 22, 2013

Very good character development, pretty good mystery. The author had some wonderful turns of phrase: she describes a blue-collar town in which women wear frumpy wool coats in springtime because they believe that between-season coats are irresponsible.......more

Goodreads review by Kelli on January 31, 2011

This book was intriguing in the middle, but the end completely lost me. Too much craziness and much of it didn't make sense.......more

Goodreads review by Susan on December 21, 2021

I found this book on sale never having heard of it or the author and I was charmed with word one. The plot kind of holds up with only a few flaws but the characters and the story just grabbed me and moved me along so I hardly noticed. Denise Burke is a true crime writer who is having an affair with......more

Goodreads review by Susie on June 24, 2019

I read "An American Killing" by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith during the weekend. Quite a trip back to the political life of the Bill Clinton presidential era, as the writer mixes real folks with the running true crime research and writing her heroine indulges in, on the fictional landscape. I think in the......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on March 05, 2021

This book had a really good writing style that draws you in.. as other reviews say, it starts off strong and then car crashes into this weird mess. Also it's worth noting that while this book may have been somewhat progressive for '98 it 100% did not age well.......more