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"Fast-paced amateur sleuth tale"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 10, 2004
Jessica Fletcher of Cabot Cove, Maine is invited by her
state's junior senator Warren Nebel to attend a literary
function sponsored by his wife Pat. Jessica accepts so
that she can show support to Congress' Literacy Program
and because her friend Scotland Yard Inspector George
Sutherland will be there Read more...
"Politics, murder and George"
Reviewed by Dawn Dowdle
Posted September 28, 2004
Jessica has come to Washington, D.C. to participate in a
weeklong literacy drive. An added benefit is that she will
get to spend time with Scotland Yard inspector George
Sutherland, who is in town for a conference.
At an extravagant party at the Virginia home of Maine's
junior senator Read more...
In this brand-new novel in the USA Today bestselling
series, mystery writer Jessica Fletcher goes to Washington
to support a senator's new literacy initiative—until
it is vetoed by murder...
SummaryJessica Fletcher can't believe her luck. Not only does she
get to spend a week helping with such an important cause,
she also gets to spend time with her friend, Scotland Yard
inspector George Sutherland, who happens to be in town for
a conference.
The weeklong literacy event includes a visit to the
White House to meet the president—and a lavish party
or two. During one particularly extravagant affair at the
senator's home in Virginia, Jessica and George discover
the dark side of politics. At the foot of a rickety
staircase, they find the body of the senator's chief of
staff. The young woman's death is deemed accidental, but
Jessica and George suspect something more sinister. Their
search for answers leads them from the shady halls of the
Library of Congress to the D.C. social scene, and even the
FBI. But in order to unravel the clues in this political
puzzler, they will have to read between the lines—and
the lies...
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