Melanie Lombard, the first female President of the United States, had only held office for three days when an assassin's bullet ended her life and dreams. Now, on the first anniversary of Melanie's death, her best friend Nora discovers that Melanie may have led a secret life. As Nora searches for the truth, someone tries to stop her--permanently. A fast-paced novel of suspense by a new voice in fiction.
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From Publishers Weekly
It's been a year since America's first female president, Melanie Lombard, was felled by an assassin's bullet after only three days in office. Among those still recovering from her death is this first novel's narrator, Nora Whitney, a software expert and the late president's closest friend. Now Nora has learned that Melanie may have conducted a long-term adulterous affair with a politically shady Frenchman with whom Nora herself once had a fling. Nora fears that any public revelation of the dead president's indiscretions will sabotage her political legacy, including forward-looking educational and environmental reforms. The chances of that increase dramatically when acclaimed political biographer David Weinhardt begins to pump Nora for information on Melanie. Events complicate further when Nora is drafted by the White House as a lobbyist, leading to a few attempts on her own life, and to the question: Did Melanie's assassin act alone, or was she part of a conspiracy? It's hard to credit Nora's underestimation of the danger she's in once she begins poking around, and the basic premise?that the dead president's program would be deep-sixed because of a revelation of marital infidelity?is difficult to swallow. The present-tense narration can be awkward, too?at times flat, at times overblown. Although Canon provides some interesting twists, including an enjoyable foray into the business side of virtual reality, this odd mix of political/high-tech thriller and character study doesn't showcase her apparent talents to maximum advantage.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
It has been one year since the first woman president of the United States was assassinated. A biographer is busy digging up the fact that President Melanie Lombard had been an adulteress for years while Nora Whitney, the former president's best friend and mentor, is asked by the current president to help implement the programs that got Lombard elected. After several attempts on her life, Nora is forced into trying to make sense out of who wants Melanie's life to remain unexamined. First novelist Canon treats Nora, an MBA from Harvard and an executive in a computer software company, as something of a stepchild, focusing most of her attention on her obsession with Melanie, rather than on why someone is trying to kill Nora. The secondary characters are brilliantly drawn and are what pull the reader along. This novel will be popular because it is about high-powered women who have made it in the real world and because Canon can tell a story. For all general collections.?Jo Ann Vicarel, Cleveland Hts.
University Hts. P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
University Hts. P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An impressive first novel by a promising new writer.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Anniversary (Hardcover)
Rachel Canon's THE ANNIVERSARY is a well-crafted suspense novel that
starts with the premise that the first female President of the United States
has been assasinated on her Inaugeration Day and that a year
later, her best friend begins to find out some things she never suspected.
The book deals with the "feet of clay" that have to exist in all
public figures and does it in a wonderfully warm and humane manner.
This is a book about love and it's consequences.
Especially intriguing is the author's use of tenses to
separate flash-back and present action.
This novel has elements of political suspense, mystery, thriller
and even a bit of romance. I highly recommend it.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Well, okay.,
By Omnibus (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Anniversary (Hardcover)
Women, power, murder, politics, confusion. Someone assasinated the woman president of the US. This novel no worse than the ones pouring out of WDC by Senators, former Cabinet Officers, and whatever.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A writer ahead of her time.,
This review is from: The Anniversary (Hardcover)
The first woman president is assassinated. Her friend is suddenly in the middle of a political maelstrom and is herself the target of death threats. A book filled with intelligent women, action and romance. If the author has a fault, it is to be a writer truly ahead of her time.
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