Some interesting parallels to 9/11 especially since this book was written in 2000. Fiction meets Truth!

OK...Let me just say this is a VERY busy book. This is the first book I've ever read by Ms. Truman. And it is book #17 in the Capital Crimes series.... Ms. Truman also has other books one written about her Father Harry. S. Truman(yes THAT Truman) and others written about First Ladies which she is knowledgeable about being herself a former First Daughter. The story line is full of intrigue, spies, counter spies Washington's posh Elite as well as other Countries. (Russia, Canada) and how Washington's "inner circle" somewhat works. a dead body is found in a Washington park no identification but a Post reporter notices Canadian Flags on his tie,3 commuter planes are blown out of the sky on the same day in three different locations and 2 witnesses swear they saw missiles hit them...The F.B.I. and the C.I.A. try to run down who is responsible...Rogue Agents, Bird Watchers taking pictures, and a no nonsense Madame Secretary of State also round out the cast of players... I will be reading more of this series (all of which have Murder in their titles) Good Book though and worth a look if you like murder, intrigue, mystery, and a little mayhem....

I'm more than fine with a shift in which Mac and Annabel are peripheral characters. Too bad it's less D.C. mystery - I'd be surprised if the page count involving Foggy Bottom exceeds half a dozeb - than multi-continent spanning predictable terrorist thriller. $5 says she'd recently been on a Moscow tour.

So after reading a Margaret Truman book last July, I decided that I don't like true-crime mysteries. It took me a week to read a 250 page book. I thought it might be the genre just being boring or maybe just Truman's writing style, but after reading Murder in Foggy Bottom I just don't know. Was me liking this a fluke, or are her books actually decent? I own another book by her so I guess we will know after I have read that book.

The things about Murder in Foggy Bottom is that it has real 9/11 vibes. Which, whatever there are lots of books based off 9/11. Sure, but this book was written in 2000. It was creepily odd and really kept me hooked.

This is a pretty good mystery novel, if you're into that kinda thing. I am. Made a quick read on the beach in Cuba. It was also kinda fun how this series takes place in DC, I just went there on business and they really get into the local colour in these novels.

Edge of seat page-turner; her best ever book. Eerie that she wrote this one year before 9/11.

Foggy Bottom was built on a swamp, but the D.C. real estate is home to the Kennedy Center and the State Department. Murders don’t often happen here. The corpse is well dressed and Post reporter Joe Patamos is going to find out who has killed the Canadian. But his story will have to wait. Three planes have been shot out of the sky. Russian SAMs have been found at all of the scenes and all of the alphabet agencies been investigating.

The Russians are suspect, yet the FBI strongly suspects a Washington state Neo-Nazi Militia. CIA operative Max Pauling is sent to Russia to gather Intel on the weapons as well as a potential link to the down planes that killed over 4 score American men, women, and children. Patamos believes that the body found in Foggy Bottom is relevant and both he and Pauling discover the link to the murder and the terrorist attack about the same time, but in separate hemispheres.

Written in 2000, Truman keeps the suspense taut and captures the fear that all Americans felt that September morning in 2001. The characters are well developed and likable, but I felt that the story line could have been better developed.

I've read most of Margaret Truman's books and this one is just a good as the others. It could be happening in real life today and her insight of the inner workings of the government make it even more interesting. But after all she spent alot of time here in the Nation's Capital and that is other reason why I lover her books

I plan on reading all of her books

This book was not very good. It’s a standard political thriller, I guess, but I haven’t read many. I wouldn’t put any down for enjoying it. A few odd things about it:
It was published before 9/11 but details coordinated terrorist attacks on multiple civilian airplanes.
After the attacks, there’s a surge in hate crimes against people of African, Asian, and middle eastern decent.
The terrorists are actually a white supremacy group within the U.S. A lot of the descriptions and scenes of the all-white, patriarchal, extremist “patriotic” evangelical group were, frankly, a bit triggering based on what’s happened in the last one, five, ten, twenty years.
Is Margaret Truman a warlock?
It’s happenstance, but I also finished this book on 9/11.
You may wonder why I read this book at all, and that’s because my dad and I have a very dumb inside joke about how Alex Trebek says Foggy Bottom. I read this book as a joke. I guess the joke’s on me.

This is best book by Ms Truman I have read. When I was in the middle of the book, she had so many different stories going on, I could never see how she could tie them together. Everything is tied up and they all are part of the conclusion. It all starts with a dead man in a city park.

A good crime novel. The story goes across the U.S. and to Russia. Ms Truman had a great knowledge of multiple government offices as well as the FBI and CIA. A fun book that was hard to put down.

I give this book 4.5 stars. Another good mystery by Margaret Truman. Love the setting of Washington, DC and other places in the US. The story has several mysteries going on at once and she ties them all together. A murder if a Canadian citizen is first and then planes are shot down and they have to find out who is responsible for this. Some of the same people from other stories in the Capital Crimes series are in this book so you get to learn more about them and their relationships. The twists, turns and surprises are very good. I did not want to put the book down.

ok. quick predictable read.