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Margaret Truman is an expert, an insider who has turned her knowledge of Washington's backroom and bedroom deals into a veritable insider's guide to murder in all the best places.


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Killer hair : a crime of fashion mystery Killer hair : a crime of fashion mystery
Byerrum, Ellen.
Home of the helmet hairdo and Congressional comb-over, Washington, D.C. is a hotbed of fashion faux pas. If anyone should know, it's "Crimes of Fashion" columnist Lacey Smithsonian. She dishes out advice to the scandal-scorched and clothing-clueless, doing her part to change this town-one fashion victim at a time.



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Haircutting -- Fiction.

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My gal Sunday My gal Sunday
Clark, Mary Higgins.
Topping her bestselling success with Alvirah and Willy, in The Lottery Winner, America's Queen of Suspense introduces a new sleuthing couple, Henry and Sunday, an ex-president and his young congresswoman bride. Henry Parker Britland IV is wealthy and worldly -- a beloved former president who, still youthful, is enjoying early retirement. His new wife, Sunday, is beautiful, smart and seventeen years younger than he, and has just been elected to Congress in a stunning upset victory that has made her the darling of the media. Henry and Sunday make a formidable team of sleuths -- and never more so than when they set out to solve crimes occurring among their friends in political high society.



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Women legislators -- United States -- Fiction.
Ex-presidents -- United States -- Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Detective and mystery stories, American.

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Double exposure Double exposure
Ford, Susan.
Susan Ford, daughter of Former President Gerald R. Ford, brings her White House insider perspective to this sparkling debut novel, the first in a series of First Daughter mysteries. In Double Exposure, Ford introduces photographer Eve Cooper, daughter of the newly elected President, as she is swept into killer politics in Washington, DC.



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Children of presidents -- United States -- Fiction.

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The bishop in the West Wing : a Blackie Ryan story The bishop in the West Wing : a Blackie Ryan story
Greeley, Andrew M., 1928-
Andrew M. Greeleys bestselling sleuth meets The West Wing.



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Ryan, Blackie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
White House (Washington, D.C.) -- Fiction.
Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Presidents -- Fiction.
Bishops -- Fiction.

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The phony marine : a novel The phony marine : a novel
Lehrer, James.
Veteran newsman and acclaimed novelist Jim Lehrer exposes worlds both intimate and universal, builds suspense with an accomplished hand, and reveals a savvy understanding of the modern social landscape. With The Phony Marine, Lehrer dives into a highly controversial topic–and delivers his most compelling character portrait to date.



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Impersonation -- Fiction.
Marines -- Fiction.

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Along came a spider : a novel Along came a spider : a novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
Touted by its publisher as "the first new fiction bestseller of 1993," Along Came a Spider opens with a gruesome multiple murder in the projects southeast of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. and the kidnapping of two famous children--the son of the Treasury secretary and the daughter of a movie star--from Georgetown Day School by the school's math and computer teacher.



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Cross, Alex (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Police -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Private schools -- Fiction.
Secret service -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.

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The race : a novel The race : a novel
Patterson, Richard North.
Can an honest man become president? In this timely and provocative novel, a maverick candidate takes on his political enemies and the ruthless machinery of American politics.



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Presidential candidates -- United States -- Fiction.
Political campaigns -- United States -- Fiction.
Culture conflict -- Fiction.
Mass media -- Political aspects -- Fiction.

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Soul circus : a novel Soul circus : a novel
Pelecanos, George P.
PI Derek Strange continues to prowl the South East quadrant of Washington, D.C., in Pelecanos's 11th novel (after Hell to Pay), which caroms madly and brilliantly between warring drug crews, opportunistic gun dealers and intimidated witnesses.



Subjects
Private investigators -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Drug traffic -- Fiction.

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Missing member Missing member
Power, Jo-Ann.



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Women legislators -- United States -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Texas -- Fiction.

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The butter did it : a gastronomic tale of love and murder The butter did it : a gastronomic tale of love and murder
Richman, Phyllis C.



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Cooks -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Food writers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Gourmets -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Murder -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
Restaurants -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.

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Harvest of murder Harvest of murder
Ripley, Ann.



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Eldridge, Louise (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Women gardeners -- Fiction.
Women television personalities -- Fiction.

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Murder in Georgetown : an Eleanor Roosevelt mystery Murder in Georgetown : an Eleanor Roosevelt mystery
Roosevelt, Elliott, 1910-1990.



Subjects
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Fiction.

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