The K Street Killer [the new Jim McGill novel]

     Somebody in Washington is updating Shakespeare. The first thing is to kill all the lobbyists. Knocking off three of them in consecutive weeks, the killer is off to a fast start. On the lapel of each victim, the killer leaves a pin that, arguably, resembles Porky Pig.
     The Metro police are on the case when Putnam Shady steps forward and identifies the third victim as a friend. Authority averse, Putnam gives the cops only bare bones information — but he tells Margaret "Sweetie" Sweeney that he thinks he will be the next victim.
     The reason, he explains, is quite simple. There are two plans afoot to seize control of the federal government. At the center of one plan is the speaker of the House of Representatives. The group behind the other plan consisted of Putnam and his three dead colleagues.
     Sweetie vows to protect Putnam. She enlists Jim McGill, the president's henchman, to find out who is behind the murders. But then McGill's whole world is turned upside down. His son, Kenny, is diagnosed with leukemia.
     President Patricia Grant's life is only slightly less tumultuous. Her enemies force her to leave the Republican Party. Erna Godfrey implicates her husband in the killing of Patti's first husband, Andrew Hudson Grant. But Reverend Godfrey refuses to go down without a fight.
     Amidst the turmoil, Welborn Yates and Kira Fahey schedule their marriage — and inevitably have to deal with wedding crashers.

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One False Step [E-book only $2.99]

      Two cops. . . Bibi Ferrer, San Diego homicide, receives a warning: Billionaire Anson Williams, will be done in by his new wife, Alexandra. Despite her best efforts, Bibi fails to prevent Williams' death. Worse, she can't prove Alexandra is the killer. All she can do is follow Alexandra to her Caribbean lair, the island of St. Bertram. Things are even more personal for retired Chicago police captain Terry Dunne. His younger brother is killed by a contract assassin. His only clue: The hit-man might have unfinished business waiting for him on St. Bertram.
      Two killers. . . Avice Toussaint, formerly Alexandra Williams, isn't every man's idea of a knockout—only those with a pulse. She's bored with luring wealthy men to their deaths. Problem is, her father wants her to continue. He's ex-KGB. He kills people who defy him, no exceptions made for family. George Beecher was an SAS commando, a master of combat. He was far less suited to following orders. After his court martial and discharge from the military, he continued to do the only thing he knew how: kill people. This time for money.
      One plan . . . Bibi and Terry cross paths. Not wanting to alert their prey, they decide to shadow each other's killer. Get the goods on the killers and see that justice is done. It's a plan. . . but when do those things ever work out?

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Still Coming [E-book only $2.99 - free until Feb. 29, 2012]

      Every year the best colleges reject thousands of the brightest young minds in the country. But what might happen if a large number of them refused to take no for an answer?
      One morning, Shepherdton College receives 437 envelopes from twenty-eight states. Each contains the same two-word message: Still coming.
      That's just the beginning. The college president's house burns down; the water in the country club swimming pool turns red; the ghost of a local war hero appears. Another message is received: We're Here.
      Nerves fray, and if the "comers" aren't trouble enough, a Peeping Tom turns into a home invader, and shows signs of becoming a full-blown sexual predator. The town fragments and people take up arms after one last message is received. . . Won't Be Long Now.
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