Ben Kincaid #3
Ballantine Books
January 2008
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Featuring: Ben Kincaid
416 pages ISBN: 0345487567 EAN: 9780345487568 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Oklahoma defense attorney Ben Kincaid has found himself
smack in the middle of more than a few controversies and
deadly predicaments – and the unexpected leap from his
modest Tulsa law offices to Washington, D.C.’s Senate
chamber hasn’t taken the edge off Ben’s knack for stepping
into the line of fire. Now the idealistic junior senator
is plunged into the thick of lethal intrigue when a
shocking campaign of terror against key government
officials rocks the nation’s capital.
The nightmare
begins with the abduction and murder of the director of
Homeland Security; escalates with the killing of the
Senate minority leader, who is felled in his office by an
envelope laced with weaponized poison; and comes to a
shattering climax at the site of the Oklahoma City
Memorial, where a fusillade of sniper fire meant for the
president claims unintended victims. In all, twelve people
perish in the melee, while Ben himself narrowly escapes a
car-bomb blast that leaves his best friend, Tulsa cop Mike
Morelli, comatose. But the smoke has barely cleared when
the stunned nation is sent reeling yet again by the
president’s impassioned call to amend the U.S.
Constitution with an antiterrorism law that would
drastically curtail civil liberties.
It’s a hot-
button issue guaranteed to bitterly divide the Beltway and
the country. The chief executive has handpicked Ben to
help harvest the support that will make the amendment a
reality. Shaken by the carnage,
Ben embraces the
president’s radical cause, and alongside unlikely new
political allies he takes the battle for the controversial
bill to the Senate floor. But he can’t ignore his growing
suspicion that what’s haunting Capitol Hill isn’t the
specter of foreign terrorism but something much closer to
home. Now, with his ever-resourceful chief of staff – his
wife, Christina – and along with his support team backing
his play, Ben sets squares off against what could be the
most dangerous Goliath he’s ever challenged.
Capitol
Conspiracy is a bravura William Bernhardt performance–
bursting into action on the very first page, and crackling
with breathless suspense, sharp wit, crafty twists, and
timely thrills clear through to the last.
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