MURDER AT UNION STATION(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　Dead-on de*ions of Washington’s most crack-ridden streets
and exclusionary shindigs . . . Readers who enjoy travelogue,
gossip, and social commentary in their whodunits will enjoy Murder
at Ford’s Theatre.”
　　–USA Today

　　“Truman can write suspense with the best of them.”
　　–LARRY KING

　　“Truman ‘knows the forks’ in the nation’s capital and how to
pitchfork her readers into a web of murder and detection.”
　　–The Christian Science Monitor

　　“Truman combines her insider’s knowledge of life inside the
beltway with a writing skill that grows more sophisticated and
lively every year. . . . Let’s hope that . . . Truman has another
book in the works.”
　　–The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

　　When Washington’s splendid Union Station opened its doors in
1908, the glorious structure epitomized capital stylishness. Today,
restored and refurbished, the station is again a hub of activity
where the world’s most famous and infamous people meet–and often
collide. Now, in Margaret Truman’s new Capital Crime novel, this
landmark locale becomes the scene of a sensational shooting whose
consequences ricochet from seedy bars to the halls of
Congress.　　
　　Historic Union Station means nothing to the elderly man speeding
south on the last lap of what turns out to be a one-way journey
from Tel Aviv to D.C.–on a train that will soon land him at Gate
A-8 and, moments later, at St. Peter’s Gate. This weary traveler,
whose terminal destination is probably hell, is Louis Russo, former
mob hit man and government informer. Two men are at the station to
meet him. One is Richard Marienthal, a young writer whose
forthcoming book is based on Russo’s life. The other is the man who
kills him.　
　　Russo has returned to help promote Marienthal’s book, which,
although no one has been allowed to read it, already has some
people shaking in their Gucci boots. The powerful fear the contents
will not only expose organized crime’s nefarious business, but also
a top-secret assignment abroad that Russo once masterminded for a
very-high-profile Capitol Hill client. As news of Russo’s murder
rockets from the MPD to the FBI and the CIA, from Congress to the
West Wing, the final chapter of the story begins its rapid-fire
unfolding.　
　　In addition to the bewildered Marienthal and his worried
girlfriend, there is an array of memorable characters: rock-ribbed
right-wing Senator Karl Widmer; ruthless New York publisher Pamela
Warren; boozy MPD Detective Bret Mullin; shoe-shine virtuoso Joe
Jenks; dedicated presidential political adviser Chet Fletcher; and
President Adam Parmele himself–not to mention freelance snoops,
blow-dried climbers, and a killer or two. There’s no place like the
nation’s capital, and as her myriad fans know, Margaret Truman
always gets it right. Murder at Union Station is a luxury express,
nonstop delight.　　　　
　　From the Hardcover edition.
　　　　

　　Margaret Truman has won faithful readers with her works of
biography and fiction, particularly her ongoing series of Capital
Crimes mysteries. Her novels let us into the corridors of power and
privilege, poverty and pageantry, in the nation’s capital. Her new
work of nonfiction is The President’s House. She lives in
Manhattan.