Murder at the FBI (Capital Crime Mysteries)

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Summary: a pleasant way to spend a few hours
Review: 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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Summary: Poor even for Truman
Review: 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."

Rating:
Summary: Poor even for Truman
Review: 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."

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Summary: this is the ultimate mystery by Truman.
Review: This is her best book ever. And wow, what an ending. a huge masterpiece. Who did it? Ask the president's daughter.

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Summary: A Murder Involving Unsavory Members of the FBI
Review: 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.