Margaret Truman's Murder at the CDC: A Capital Crimes Novel

Margaret Truman · Jon Land

Feb 2022 · Capital Crimes Book 31 · Sold by Forge Books

About this ebook

Murder and intrigue on the steps of the United States capital building pulls Robert Brixton into his most personal case yet, in Margaret Truman's Murder at the CDC

2017: A military transport on a secret run to dispose of its deadly contents vanishes without a trace.

The present: A mass shooting on the steps of the Capitol nearly claims the life of Robert Brixton’s grandson.

No stranger to high-stakes investigations, Brixton embarks on a trail to uncover the motive behind the shooting. On the way he finds himself probing the attempted murder of the daughter his best friend, who works at the Washington offices of the CDC.

The connection between the mass shooting and Alexandra’s poisoning lies in that long-lost military transport that has been recovered by forces determined to change America forever. Those forces are led by radical separatist leader Deacon Frank Wilhyte, whose goal is nothing short of bringing on a second Civil War.

Brixton joins forces with Kelly Lofton, a former Baltimore homicide detective. She has her own reasons for wanting to find the truth behind the shooting on the Capitol steps, and is the only person with the direct knowledge Brixton needs. But chasing the truth places them in the cross-hairs of both Wilhyte’s legions and his Washington enablers.

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Ratings and reviews

terrorism, black-ops, family-dynamics, friendship, private-investigators, PTSD, feds, law-enforcement, Washington DC, murder, murder-investigation, suspense, thriller***** Very interesting characters on both sides of the law and in between. Main white knights are the well-seasoned veteran of several government agencies (Robert Brixton), a former marine and ex homicide cop who got a bad rap for being female and black (Kelly Loftus), a DC lawyer (Mac Smith) with some interesting connections. The dark forces are a US senator, a far wing zealot and his followers, and a lost shipment of toxic chemicals. Toss in a poisoning of high school students and a mass shooting on the steps of the capitol building and you have an idea about this fast-paced riveting read! Loved it! I requested and received a free ebook copy from Macmillan-Tor/Forge, Forge Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

About the author

MARGARET TRUMAN won faithful readers with her works of biography and fiction, particularly her Capital Crimes mysteries.

JON LAND is the USA Today bestselling author of over fifty books, including the series featuring Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong. He also writes the Murder, She Wrote series of mysteries and received the 2019 Rhode Island Authors Legacy Award for his lifetime of literary achievements. A graduate of Brown University, Land lives in Providence, Rhode Island.