Special agent George Pritchard was nobody's favorite at the FBI. But when his murdered body is found, agents Ross Lizenby and Christine Saksis look for answers--only to find that the bureau wants questions kept to a suspicious minimum....
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Special agent George Pritchard was nobody's favorite at the FBI. But when his murdered body is found, agents Ross Lizenby and Christine Saksis look for answers--only to find that the bureau wants questions kept to a suspicious minimum....
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Poor even for Truman,
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This review is from: Murder at the FBI (Capital Crime Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
The story improved slightly once Bill's character was introduced, but it was too late to save this book. I didn't give a rip what happened to any of the characters, and Truman herself seemed more interested in showing off her knowledge of DC restaurants. Her "sleuth" was just another stock Truman character: naive young woman spends several years in an intelligence organization before discovering that power plays and mind games are afoot, then resigns in a disillusioned huff. This one didn't even do any serious sleuthing...she just went around pissing people off until clues just popped out of their mouths. And the plotting was just plain sloppy. I've already forgotten what the book was supposed to be "about."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A Murder Involving Unsavory Members of the FBI,
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This review is from: Murder at the FBI (Capital Crime Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is really two stories. In one, we see the murder of George Prichard, an FBI agent in Washington. He was not liked by his colleagues, but an FBI team sets out to find his killer. Soon, they run into puzzling roadblocks. Christine Saksis, the acting head of the investigating team, becomes suspicious when roadblocks become active, but concealed, opposition by the FBI directors. At this point, we see the second story in this book, in which FBI directors engage in coverups, spying on agents, and character assassination to keep the FBI's squeaky clean image. If you like a low-key mystery, devoid of gore, this is for you.
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a pleasant way to spend a few hours,
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This review is from: Murder at the FBI (Capital Crime Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
A rather unpopular FBI agent is found murdered on the FBI shooting range, much to the embarrassment of the bureau and even more embarrassing is that the body was found during a full visitors' tour. The less than choice assignment of investigating the murder sets the agents in charge on a trail that leads to corruption in high places.
This is an adequate tale, cast with rather stock characters - the idealistic young FBI agent, her callous fellow FBI agent and lover, the mysterious writer, the merry widow etc. The action is predictible with few surprises along the way. This is one to pick up at the library or at most a resale shop for a way to spend a few hours then pass along rather than give shelf space.
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Margaret Truman, Miss Saksis, Helen Pritchard, George Pritchard, Chris Saksis, Ross Lizenby, Bill Tse, Fire Island, American Indian, Richard Kneeley, Rosemary Cale, Director Shelton, New York, Barbara Twain, Cherry Grove, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Long Island, Paul Harrison, Native American, Hotel Inter Continental, Hoover Build, Assistant Director Gormley, Jake Stein, Wayne Gormley, Christine Saksis Browse Sample Pages:
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Margaret Truman, Miss Saksis, Helen Pritchard, George Pritchard, Chris Saksis, Ross Lizenby, Bill Tse, Fire Island, American Indian, Richard Kneeley, Rosemary Cale, Director Shelton, New York, Barbara Twain, Cherry Grove, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Long Island, Paul Harrison, Native American, Hotel Inter Continental, Hoover Build, Assistant Director Gormley, Jake Stein, Wayne Gormley, Christine Saksis Browse Sample Pages:
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- The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing by Rosemary Herbert on page 151
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