Between them Senator Cale Caldwell and his blue-blooded wife controlled as much power on Capitol Hill as the law would allow Sadly it wasnt sufficient to protect him from a killer even surrounded by his friends at a champagne reception in his honorThe senators murder wasnt the familys first brush with violence Only two years ago a niece had been murdered her killer never found But when attorney Lydia James counsel to a Senate committee investigating the tragedy suggests there might be a connection between the two deaths shes voted down fast Yet strange rumors persist The senators death could benefit many people among them a bitter political adversary an ambitious talk show host and a master of spin who makes even murder look good