A New York Times Bestselling Author Murder scandal political espionage and an extremely dangerous woman Lucas Davenports going to be lucky to get out of this one alive A Minnesota political fixer has hit the jackpot mdash or so he thinks Hired to take down an incumbent US senator with a vicious smear to open the way for an ambitious take-no-prisoners heiress who sees the Senate as a stepping-stone he decides his payoff should be larger Instead he gets only a small one mdash millimeters in the heart Lucas Davenport is investigating the smear when the trail eventually leads to a woman who could give Machiavelli lessons
