Murder Inside the Beltway: A Capital Crimes Novel

Rosalie Curzon a Washington DC call girl is found bludgeoned to death in her Adams-Morgan apartment At the murder scene a video camera is discovered nestled high on a bookshelf Had the victim taped some of her clients during their sexual liaisons As the investigation proceeds so does business inside the Beltway President Burton Pyle is heatedly running for reelection against consummate politician Robert Colgate who is expected to win Colgate though is not without cracks in his slick exterior Rumors swirl about his failing marriage and various dalliances But no one is prepared for the explosive development that erupts when the daughter of Colgatersquos closest friend is kidnapped and Detective Mary Hall and rookie cop Matthew Jackson uncover a shocking connection between the abduction the Curzon casemdashand a killer no one will see coming.