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Margaret Truman's internship in murder a capital crimes novel

"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 wor...

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Main Author: Bain, Donald, 1935- (Author)
Other Authors: Truman, Margaret, 1924-2008.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Forge, a Tom Doherty Associates book, 2015.
Edition: First Edition.
Series: Capital crimes novel.
Subjects:
Private investigators > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
Interns > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Summary: "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 rumors about Gannon-- a staunchly moral "family advocate" according to his political position, but a womanizer according to gossip-- but the congressman vehemently denies having anything untoward to do with Laura. Then Laura is found dead in the congressional cemetery, and many more questions are raised"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description: "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Physical Description: 364 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780765335647 (hardcover)
0765335646 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry S. Truman, was born on February 17, 1924 in Independence, Missouri. She graduated from George Washington University in 1946. She was also known as Margaret Truman or Margaret Daniel. She was an American singer who later became the successful author of a series of murder mysteries and a number of works on U.S. First Ladies and First Families, including a biography of her father, President Harry S. Truman. The only child of Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman; she was called "Margaret" for most of her life.

Truman made her concert debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1947 and her first television appearance on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town. She substituted for Edward R. Murrow on Person to Person, and later had her own radio shows (Weekday in the 1950s and Authors in the News in the 1960s). She was active with organizations such as the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and the Truman Centennial Committee.

She published her first book, Souvenir: Margaret Truman's Own Story in 1956. She also wrote a series of mysteries set at historic locations in Washington, D. C. She died on January 29, 2008 following a brief illness.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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