Recently appointed Oklahoma Senator Ben Kincaid begins his
new career on the Senate floor at the same time the
President announces a nomination for the Supreme Court. As
the very distinguished jurist Thaddeus Roush accepts his
nomination from the President, he announces he's gay. Roush
makes this statement because he wants to be honest. When a
press conference is called at Roush's home to explain the
announcement, a woman is found murdered. And his "partner"
is discovered nearby.
Senator Hammond asks Ben to act as advisor to Roush during
the confirmation hearings. This proves to be challenging.
Rumors are flying that the President may withdraw the
nomination, or that Roush may not even get confirmed. Ben
has a lot to deal with by trying to keep Roush's lifestyle
and the crime out of the questioning. Witnesses come
forward with such personal information about the judge that
even Ben questions the truthfulness of the statements.
While trying to keep things under control in the hearings,
Ben sends his investigator, Loving, out to discover the
identity of the dead woman. During the investigation, he
has to dodge bullets more than once. He learns that someone
named Trudy can identify the woman. His search takes him to
the other side of D.C.; the side of town that CNN usually
doesn't cover. When he finally locates Trudy, he gets more
than expected and discovers that looks can be very
deceiving.
As the hearings come to a close, Ben and Loving are closing
in on the identity of the dead woman. Will Judge Roush be
confirmed? Who was the woman at Roush's home, and more
importantly, who killed her and why?
CAPTIOL THREAT is a great thriller. This installment
follows last year's critically acclaimed CAPITOL MURDER in
the Ben Kincaid series. There's heart-thumping action
through the streets of Washington D.C., and the always
popular mudslinging through the congressional chambers. Now
I need to buy another bookcase for yet another author I
have somehow previously overlooked.
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.
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