When an old college friend is found shot to death under strange circumstances, the First Lady finds herself the prime suspect, with her marriage, political future, and freedom at stake, and flees the White House to clear her name and find the true culprit. By the author of The Marilyn Tapes.
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From Publishers Weekly
The president's wife makes like Nancy Drew in this contrived thriller from Gorman (The Marilyn Tapes). Neglected by her husband, First Lady Claire Hutton turns to her old friend David Hart for chaste companionship. But David then blackmails her, threatening to go public about their secret meetings and to put a lurid spin on them. What's worse, it turns out that Hart's moves are part of a plot engineered by the Rush Limbaugh-like Knox Stansfield, who has never forgiven Claire for dumping him and marrying Matt Hutton. Stansfield, who has been attacking the Hutton Administration on his radio show, kills David just before Claire arrives for a meeting and then frames the First Lady with an incriminating video?forcing the beleaguered Claire to do some sleuthing in order to save herself. Lurid yet predictable, this narrative winds up reading as if it had been constructed at a Hollywood story meeting; the author's machine-gun prose isn't big on originality, either. Most disappointing, however, is the protagonist, who seems to act as she does not because of her psychological makeup, but because of the box Gorman places her in. This novel is plot-driven with a vengeance, but steered by a routine story line, it doesn't take the reader into any new or exciting territory.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Is the First Lady guilty of cold-blooded murder? Claire Hutton, the wife of President Matt Hutton, awakens next to the body of a man, the murder weapon clutched in her hand. The dead man is David Hart, an old college friend who was blackmailing Claire. Claire has obviously been framed, but by whom? As President, Matt has many enemies, none keener than Knox Stansfield, an arch-conserative radio talk show host who is on a one-man campaign to crucify the President. Stansfield, Hart, and the Huttons all attended college together and deep-seated resentments are very much at play. The police are convinced Claire is guilty, and it is up to her and Matt to prove her innocence. Their investigation reveals betrayals at the highest levels, testing the strength of their marriage and family. Gorman's (The Marilyn Tapes, LJ 1/95) writing is tight; he skillfully keeps the story moving to its dramatic denouement. Recommended for large fiction collections.?Maria A. Perez-Stable, Western Michigan Univ. Libs., Kalamazoo
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ed Gorman is an award winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is now a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann.
He has written under many pseudonyms including "E. J. Gorman" and "Daniel Ransom." He won a Spur Award for Best Short Fiction for his short story "The Face" in 1992. His fiction collection Cages was nominated for the 1995 Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection. His collection The Dark Fantastic was nominated for the same award in 2001.
He has contributed to many magazines and other publications including Xero, Black Lizard, Cemetery Dance, the anthology Tales of Zorro, and many more.
Visit his blog at newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com
He has written under many pseudonyms including "E. J. Gorman" and "Daniel Ransom." He won a Spur Award for Best Short Fiction for his short story "The Face" in 1992. His fiction collection Cages was nominated for the 1995 Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection. His collection The Dark Fantastic was nominated for the same award in 2001.
He has contributed to many magazines and other publications including Xero, Black Lizard, Cemetery Dance, the anthology Tales of Zorro, and many more.
Visit his blog at newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com
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It takes a lot of time (or it seams that way) to get through this book. I do not know what slowed me down more, the disjointed writing style or the plot that seamed to just be thrown together at the last minute. I have to admit this was a sale table buy and I wish I had left it there. After falling asleep three times while reading this book I decided it was not for me. The worst part is that I could not seam to remember much about it at all, it left that little of an impression on you. The story is just not inventive. Unless you are a big fan of this author, my advice is the stay away.
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