Murder In Foggy Bottom

Murder in Foggy Bottom by Margaret Truman In Margaret
Trumans latest mystery the scene opens with an obscure
death in Washingtons 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 Trumans Murder in Foggy Bottom is
another winner in the Capital Crimes series. 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.