Murder Inside the Beltway, Margaret Truman
Murder Inside the Beltway, Margaret Truman
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Murder Inside the Beltway

Author: Margaret Truman

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 11/01/2008

Synopsis

Rosalie Curzon, a Washington, D.C., call girl, is found bludgeoned to death in her Adams-Morgan apartment. The murder scene is in a disturbing state of disarray, suggesting that Rosalie had fought to the bitter end. The cops discover a video camera nestled high on a bookshelf. Had the victim taped some of her clients during their sexual liaisons? As the investigation proceeds, so does business inside the Beltway. President Burton Pyle is running for reelection. His opponent, consummate politician Robert Colgate, is expected to easily defeat Pyle, whose administration has been rife with corruption and scandal. Colgate, though, is not without cracks in his slick exterior. Rumors swirl about his failing marriage and various dalliances. Moreover, there’s no love lost between the two candidates: The campaign has morphed into one of the most distasteful and nasty in memory. Then, on a bright Saturday afternoon on the Washington Mall, the daughter of 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 the police uncover a shocking connection between the kidnapping and the Curzon case – and a killer whom no one will see coming.

About Margaret Truman

MARGARET TRUMAN (1924-2008) won faithful readers with her works of biography and fiction, particularly her ongoing series of Capital Crimes mysteries. She was the author of many nonfiction books, including The President’s House, in which she shared some of the secrets and history of the White House, where she once resided. She passed away on January 29, 2008.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on September 04, 2019

Phew! This one reads like today's news. This is the second and last trip down memory lane for me, reading another Truman book published the year of her death (2008) and apparently written by a ghost writer. What we are treated to here, after the initial discovery of a murdered prostitute, is a set o......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on February 07, 2017

I liked this book. It described so well politics and corruption in Washington. There was racism and payoffs in the police dept., infidelity in marriages of prominent persons, and corruption of political candidates and officials. There were several surprises in the story and an interesting conclusion......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on September 10, 2018

Stop me if this one sounds familiar. Murder Inside the Beltway, a posthumous publication in Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes series, begins with the death of a prostitute, reveals “dirty” cops, features sleazy politicians, depicts detective partners sleeping together, and even adds a kidnapping. The......more

Goodreads review by Linda on February 09, 2022

It’s been a while since I read one of these and I enjoyed this. The plot kept twisting and turning.......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on March 30, 2009

I have been a huge fan of Margaret Truman since I dive into Capital Crimes mysteries a couple of years ago. This is probably going to be the last book in the series since she died in January of last year. This book is a complex tale that weaves together two storylines, each with its own mystery, in......more

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