The Washington art gallery owner, Annabel Smith, investigates the blackmarket in rare books. This follows several murders, connected to an attempt to obtain a journal of the voyage of Columbus to the New World

The investigation of the murder of a chief scientist on an antimissle system brings Major Margit Falk of the Pentagon's legal staff close to the heart of a web of espionage and betrayal.

Max Pauling, formerly of the CIA, has moved from Washington to New Mexico, but he is still a pilot of small planes. It seems that Cuba has first-rate medical research facilities. Max is hired to investigate, on behalf of Signal Labs, a probable situation of a German and American company combining to buy out the Cuban research on cancer drugs.

"What happens when a world-class art expert wants not only to exhibit a long-lost painting by Caravaggio but to own it himself? Margaret Truman takes us into a heady, exciting world of genius with this story of a senior curator at the nation's famed National Gallery of Art who plans a brilliant exhibition around the masterpiece. He also begins to make another, more personal, daring plan. His masterly scheme promises prestige, fame, a small fortune,...

"Times are tough in Savannah for former cop and current PI Robert Brixton, so when he agrees to take on a 20 year-old murder case, he figures hes got nothing to lose. Its not long before the trail leads him deep into the corrupt underbelly of Savannahs power elite, and right into the lap of a secret government organization thats been offing 'troublesome' politicians for decades. The cold case heats up when he joins forces with former attorneys Mackensie...

YA-Washington Post writer Potamos has a difficult riddle to solve. How does a murder in the district's Foggy Bottom section relate to the downing of three commuter aircraft by old Soviet missiles? Meanwhile, an undercover FBI agent who has infiltrated a suspicious Western commune discovers that a domestic hate group is responsible for the deaths of the people onboard. At the same time, a CIA agent in Moscow is working to identify the seller of the...

"The nation's first female vice president is dead. The public, including international investigator Robert Brixton, believes it was natural causes, complications related to a long-hidden heart condition. Kendra Rendine, head of Vice President Stephanie Davenport's Secret Service security detail, covertly approaches Brixton to look deeper into Davenport's death. Brixton discovers that a rumored affair between Vice President Davenport and President...

"Arriving home from a fund-raising dinner senator Lyle Simmons discovers his wife's lifeless body. And like any savvy politician with presidential aspirations, his first move is to phone his attorney, an old friend and college roommate, former DA Philip Rotondi. Speculation swirls around Jonell Marbury, a lobbyist at a powerful K Street firm. But Rotondi harbors his own suspicions, and after a second woman is killed, he finds that a secret from his...

"Congressman Latham has maintained an impeccable record in Washington, and so he seems the logical choice when nominated by his friend, President Scott, to become the next secretary of state. His confirmation hearings appear to be a formality until rumors emerge of sexual misconduct and influence peddling. Then, early one morning, he is found shot to death, an apparent suicide."--BOOK JACKET. "Nobody close to Paul Latham believes his demise a suicide;...

This well-informed, intimate look at 29 women whose lives were intertwined with those who lead and have led this country presents forthright interviews with Lady Bird Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, and others, while warmly recalling Pat Nixon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Ms. Truman's legendary frankness is present but so, too, is a generosity of spirit. Photos throughout.--Publisher description.