9780345451491-034545149X-Capitol Murder: A Novel

Capitol Murder: A Novel

ISBN-13: 9780345451491
ISBN-10: 034545149X
Edition: First Edition
Author: William Bernhardt
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover 384 pages
FREE US shipping on ALL non-marketplace orders
Marketplace
from $9.25 USD
Buy

From $9.25

Book details

ISBN-13: 9780345451491
ISBN-10: 034545149X
Edition: First Edition
Author: William Bernhardt
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover 384 pages

Summary

Capitol Murder: A Novel (ISBN-13: 9780345451491 and ISBN-10: 034545149X), written by authors William Bernhardt, was published by Ballantine Books in 2006. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Capitol Murder: A Novel (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.38.

Description

William Bernhardt’s bestselling novels featuring Oklahoma defense attorney Ben Kincaid capture the bare-knuckles reality of high-stakes criminal defense, as lofty ideals of justice clash with power, corruption, and wealth. In Capitol Murder, Bernhardt’s hard-charging hero takes on his most shocking, headline-making case yet.

Kincaid’s legal success has earned him a dubious reward: a journey through the looking glass into the Beltway. Here, in the heart of the nation’s capital, a powerful U.S. senator has been caught first in a sordid sex scandal, then in a case of murder.

Senate aide Veronica Cooper was found in a secret Senate office beneath the Capitol building, on Senator Todd Glancy’s favorite couch, blood pouring from the knife wound in her throat. The young woman’s death comes on the heels of the release of a sordid videotape depicting her and Senator Glancy in compromising positions.

With the senator’s reputation in tatters, the evidence against him–as a sexual predator and possibly a killer–mounts. By the time a nationally televised murder trial begins, Kincaid and his team know they’re facing the challenge of a lifetime. According to public opinion, and even in Kincaid’s most private thoughts, Glancy is one more politician who cannot admit his own culpability.

But while a dramatic trial unfolds in the courtroom–loaded with pitfalls, traps, and an astounding betrayal–another trial is taking place on the mean streets of D.C., as Kincaid’s investigator pursues a young woman who was a friend of Veronica Cooper’s, plunging Kincaid into a bizarre world of Goths, sadomasochists, and a community of self-proclaimed vampires. Somewhere in this violent underworld lies the secret behind Veronica Cooper’s demise . . . and the crux of Senator Glancy’s innocence or guilt.

In a case that pits Kincaid and his freewheeling partner Christina McCall against the brutal machinery of Washington politics, the answers they seek are hidden in a murderous maze of lies and hidden motives. And in William Bernhardt’s best novel yet, getting to the truth is an unparalleled experience in pure, satisfying suspense.

Rate this book Rate this book

We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book