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Murder At the Pentagon

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Major Margit Falk is an engaging heroine for an engaging mystery series. Yet that in itself is the serious flaw in this particular addition to the mystery series which has been been excellent to date. Part of the reason that the series has been so compelling is the reality of the scenery, political intrique, and governmental descriptions. However, in this book, our heroine, Major Margit Falk, is both a helicopter pilot and a lawyer. These are two distinctly separate career tracks in the military. Thus, the story is weaken at the outset. This is good escapist reading but it lacks the intimacy of the rest of the series which had plots that seemed more plausible.

Ms. Truman needs to do better research! Air Force women do not wear Khaki. And Air Force lawyers do not just take out helicopters for a spin. In fact, I can't think of any JAGs on flying status as pilots. And one more thing....most field grade officers do not reside in the BOQ, contrary to Margaret Truman's statement. Since our heroine lives in DC, she might, due to the cost of living in the area, but as a rule most single officers of that rank prefer to live off base. I found way too many inconsistancies to enjoy this book.

Just when I thought Truman had finally found her writing voice and a sleuth she was comfortable with, she shoves Mac Smith into a bit part and goes back to exploiting some naïve female who has somehow managed to work her way into a high-powered government position without realizing that dirty politics are afoot. So we readers have to suffer while she discovers that the government and the military are not composed entirely of a bunch of really nice, honest people who are looking out for her best interests, and along the way we are treated to all manner of trivia culled straight from the Pentagon tour. Then, even though she doesn't name it, Truman dredges up the MK-ULTRA bit one more freakin' time and expects it to cover any plot holes she may have left lying about. She seems to go to so much trouble to set up the two main plot threads, and then she just kind of slaps them together and expects them to make sense. And, as usual, the character interactions are forced and boring.

Still, it was better than MURDER IN THE FBI, in which I didn't even find any of the characters interesting, let alone likable.

Loved this book. Too bad she's gone so there will be no more. Miss her.

This was another one of Margaret Truman's gems in the Capital Crime series. I had set out to read all 24 books in the series in order and was able to accomplish the journey. It was fun making friends with some of the same characters from the previous books. Sadly the journey came to an end with the publication of the final episode shortly after her death. I will enjoy reading these books again in the future, after a period of time has gone by so that I won't fully remember the story lines.

This book is non-stop read and fun! Don't start it at night unless you wanna lose sleep over it!

I thought that this book was a slow at the start, a bitdifficult to keep all the characters straight. But, be patient, oncethis book starts to fly -- you won't want to put it down. Hats off to Margaret Truman - - I absolutely loved it !!!