Good but can only read a single book with Mackensie Smith in it for awhile.

M Tru

Interesting read. Very informed about the details of history and DC. Her victim as a slut is a little convenient and cheap.

3.5/5. While I enjoyed the historic bits about Lincoln and the obviously in depth research that was done to accurately describe the legal process; parts tended to drag and didn't have much to do with the actual plot.

March 2019 I was feeling smug by guessing the "whodunit" on page 39 and it turned out to be correct. Now I see I've already read this story. At this rate, I can now read again all of my 600+ books audit'll be like the first time.

I really did like this story (albeit the second time around.)

6-24-2016 This is one of the Mac and Annabel stories. If you like the other Truman "Murder at..." stories, you'll enjoy this one, set in another historic Washington venue.

Secrets and lies! What else! It's Washington!

Good and enjoyable reading. A little predictable in the end.
Suitable for any reader to enjoy without feeling embarrassing it's content.

Who killed Nadia Zarinski who volunteered at Ford’s Theatre and who is rumored to be a former lover of Senator Bruce Lerner?

Margaret Truman did an extraordinary job in making us suspect everyone then redirecting us when we believe we have figured out the identity of the actual killer! Richard Allen was phenomenal in his storytelling.

What I liked was that we never get lost in all the twists and turns and smoke and mirrors. Not only was Murder at Ford’s Theatre a good read, we learn a lot about the history surrounding the theatre.

I volunteer at Ford's Theatre and a visitor mentioned this book, so naturally I had to check it out. It was a bit odd, jumping into a series at #19; I spent a bunch of time trying to figure out which characters had been involved in the previous books in the series. A glance at descriptions tells me that the lawyer-turned-law-professor Mac Smith and his wife were prominently featured in multiple other books; I doubt anyone else in this book was.

A Senate intern/Ford's volunteer is found murdered one morning just behind the theater. There are a handful of good suspects; I appreciate that one of the detectives working the case is frustrated at the focus on the Senator's son to the exclusion of other possibilities. The book was a bit confusing at first; there were a LOT of characters introduced and it took a while to focus in on who would be our main characters for the book.

It was an interesting enough read; I'm not much of a mystery fan, but this was decent. I don't think I liked any of the characters in it, but I enjoyed the portrayal of Washington, DC. Truman goes into a lot of detail--a LOT of detail, most of which we don't necessarily need, but is sometimes fun to read. Sometimes it's just too much. (Also, I can see referring to it as Kramerbooks & Afterwords once, but not twice. Nobody in conversation would say the whole name.) It was amusing seeing the Shakespeare Theatre's Michael Kahn make a cameo. It seems that Washington, DC itself is the connecting link between the books--it's clearly the star. And it's fun remembering what Ford's was like before the renovation in the late 00s.

Another good Capital Crimes mystery.
As you follow the story, there are several people who could be the murderer.
The story keeps you guessing who it is until the surprise ending.

Another of Margaret Truman's mysteries. An interesting quick read. Her books always include historical information which I find interesting.

Entertaining mystery set in Washington DC. I predicted who the murderer was early on, but enjoyed discovering how the crime was uncovered. I will read more of Margaret Truman's Capitol Crimes series.

Meh. Nothing to write home about.