Capital crimes series
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1)
Murder in the White House , Capital crimes series volume 1
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2)
Murder on Capitol Hill , Capital crimes series volume 2
Author
Author
Series
Capital crimes series volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine
Pub. Date
[[1982] 1982]
Language
English
Description
Who would want to kill Clarence Sutherland, a bright and handsome young man? The answer: practically everybody.
The chief clerk to the Chief Justice is found dead and a brilliant, attractive attorney and an unorthodox investigator uncover the late clerk's special courtroom and bedroom talents and his access to provacative, compromising information.
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Murder in the Smithsonian , Capital crimes series volume 4
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Author
Series
Capital crimes series volume 5
Publisher
Witness
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ambassador Geoffrey James might be a British citizen, but when he dies on the night of a gala party, it's up to Captain Sal Morizio of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department to investigate. Despite orders to desist, Morizio and his lady love, fellow officer Connie Lake, know too much. And what they learn on an international search for missing clues tells them a lot about corruption in high places-and the effects of caviar on otherwise rational...
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Murder in Georgetown , Capital crimes series volume 7
Author
Author
Series
Capital crimes series volume 9
Language
English
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Description
On the eve of the presidential election, a young woman is murdered at a Kennedy Center gala. Among the suspects are one of the candidates, his prospective vice-president and the candidate's family.
11)
Murder at the Pentagon , Capital crimes series volume 11
Author
Author
Series
Capital crimes series volume 14
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
In Washington, a congressman is accused of sexual harassment by a staffer. When the staffer is killed, police turn their attention to the congressman, only to see him killed and his daughter kidnaped. Sleuthing law professor Mac Smith uncovers an influence-peddling Russian connection.
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 15
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
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Description
Sleuth Mac Smith flies to Mexico on a fact-finding tour as the White House seeks to formulate a policy towards Mexican revolutionaries. Prompting the trip is the spread of violence, including murder, all the way to Washington.
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 16
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
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Description
The Washington art gallery owner, Annabel Smith, investigates the blackmarket in rare books. This follows several murders, connected to an attempt to obtain a journal of the voyage of Columbus to the New World.
18)
Murder in Havana , Capital crimes series volume 18
Author
Author
Series
Capital crimes series volume 20
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Author
Series
Capital crimes series volume 21
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Author
Series
Capital crimes series volume 22
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Author
Series
Capital crimes series volume 24
Language
English
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Description
On a bright Saturday afternoon on the Washington Mall, the daughter of presidential candidate Robert Colgate's closest friend is kidnapped. The abduction rocks the nation's capital, but no one is prepared for the bombshell about to hit the city, an explosive development that erupts when Detectives Hall and Jackson uncover a shocking connection between the kidnapping and the murder of a Washington, D.C. call girl--and a killer whom no one will see...
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 25
Language
English
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Description
Agreeing to investigate a cold-case file, private investigator Robert Brixton finds himself in the underworld of Savannah's power elite and uncovers a secret government organization of contract killers who perform "patriotic" assassinations.
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 26
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When a Washington psychiatrist is found dead in his office, Mackenzie Smith is called in to defend one of his patients who has become a suspect. Then information emerges that links the slain shrink to a highly secret CIA mind control project. A programmed assassin strikes and kills the wildly popular frontrunner in the presidential race. As a result of the assassination, the other government agencies have become aware of the rogue CIA program. They...
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 27
Publisher
Forge, A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Private investigator Robert Brixton has always hated Washington. Against his better judgment, he decides to stick around and take a job as an agent in a new State Department security agency headed by his former boss at the Washington P.D. After work one day he meets his youngest daughter, Janet, for a drink at an outdoor cafe. Shockingly, a young Arabic woman blows herself up, killing Janet and a dozen others. Seeking revenge for his daughter, Brixton...
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 28
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Laura is a young intern in Washington, D.C., working for handsome and likable Congressman Hal Gannon. Laura falls for the charming Gannon, but when she catches a stewardess at Gannon's apartment, she vows to destroy him. Private investigator Robert Brixton is a former cop who has also worked for the FBI. When Laura goes missing, Brixton is hired by Laura's family to gain insight into the case that the police might have missed. Brixton tracks down...
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 29
Publisher
St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
If someone in the pharmaceutical industry came upon a cheaper, non-addictive, and more effective painkiller, would he kill for it? Washington D.C. private detective Robert "Don't call me Bobby" Brixton, along with his mentors, attorneys Mac and Annabel Smith, discover that the answer is a resounding "Yes," as they try to help Jayla King, a medical researcher at a small D.C. pharmaceutical firm, carry on the work of her father. His experiments in the...
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 30
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
David Portland's life is upended when his son Trevor dies mysteriously in Nigeria, while employed by a suspicious security/mercenary company. Information he learns will send Portland down a rabbit-hole of deadly deception - one which he hopes will lead him to the truth about his son's death. Meanwhile, Robert Brixton has been hired to look into a fraudulent charity and a criminal warlord in Nigeria. Their interconnected cases will take Brixton to...
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 31
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The nation's first female vice president is dead. The public, including international investigator Robert Brixton, believes it was natural causes, complications related to a long-hidden heart condition. Kendra Rendine, head of Vice President Stephanie Davenport's Secret Service security detail, covertly approaches Brixton to look deeper into Davenport's death. Brixton discovers that a rumored affair between Vice President Davenport and President...
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Series
Capital crimes series volume 32
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"2002: A military transport on a secret run to dispose of its deadly contents vanishes without a trace. The present: A mass shooting on the steps of the Capitol nearly claims the life of Robert Brixton's grandson. No stranger to high-stakes investigations, Brixton embarks on a trail to uncover the motive behind the shooting. On the way he finds himself probing the attempted murder of the daughter his best friend, who works at the Washington offices...