Enjoyable read. Fast pacing with interesting, flawed characters. Everything gets tied together nicely at the end. This is the second of Truman’s books I’ve read. I would read more. They are fairly quick and not too crazy. Don’t make you think too much-just enjoy the story as it unfolds.

Wow. Much better than expected. I will be adding other books from the series to my tbr list

Too many characters, hard to follow and not very much depth.

DC

Bought in Ljubljana. One her best I’ve read. Several vignettes that end up tying together. Three commuter plains go down as the result of Russian missiles brought in to the US by domestic terrorists.

Amazing Book.Fast paced,great finale. Everything looks real. Great work.

The paperback came out in 2000, but the issues it raises about terrorism mirror those that arose the next year. Good stuff, if you like political intrigue brain candy.

Too strange that this was written 10 years ago--but is current today.

This is the second book I've read by this author. A well-dresed man is found murdered in the park in Foggy Botom. The police investigate along with a disgraced reporter, Joe Potamos. It look like a simple case, but unknown to investigators there more to the crime than appears on the surface. Then 3 commuter planes in various parts of the country are shot down by shoulder launched missiles. When pieces of the missile are put together they are discovered to be Russian. This discovery leads to investigations in Russia and hate groups in the US. The president of the US, the FBI, CIA, Joe Patamos get involved.
A good book at espionage and what happens when plans are made without all the information, even at the highest levels of US government. The hard thing about this book was remembering who several of the characters were as there were so many in the book. Good story. I wanted to know the ending right away, but to follow the plot it took a little bit. Still a page-turner.
4 1/2 stars of 5 due to keeping track (and backtracking) to remember who all the many characters were.

Another murder mystery by Margaret Truman that's easy but intriguing to read. Per usual she uses her knowledge of Washington,DC to give insight to the workings of governmnent, and even after 60+ years since she reigned there as first daughter she still can get to the heart of the government bureaucracy. What is uncanny about this book is that, written in the year 2000 and dealing with terrorist activity, she is able to capture the mood of the American people in a scary foreshadowing of the attacks on the twin towers on 9-11.

Possibly the best in the series I've read yet. Creepily parallel to 9/11 events. The book was written in 2000. Plot twist and action packed!

I read it right after 9/11, and it hit a little too close to home.