CAPITOL MURDER: A REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

CAPITOL MURDER
BY PHILLIP MARGOLIN

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Private investigator Dana Cutler and attorney Brad Miller have overcome more than a few daunting challenges and powerful enemies to see justice done. Against tremendous odds, they successfully unmasked an American president's involvement in a chain of murders. They also saved the life of a Supreme Court justice while foiling a conspiracy by rogue members of the CIA to fix a case headed for the court.

Now wicked threats old and new are about to bring them together once again. Convicted serial killer Clarence Little has escaped from death row in Oregon, and Brad receives threatening messages in D.C., where he is working for Senator Jack Carson, a high-ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. A dead body, murdered according to Little's M.O., is found in the senator's Georgetown home, and Carson has disappeared. While Dana is in Oregon digging into Carson's shady background, a terrorist cell is poised to destroy a packed professional football stadium in one of the biggest attacks on American soil. As the senator's personal life begins to dovetail with the cell's evil plan, Brad and Dana will risk it all again to uncover the truth and save their country.

Phillip Margolin proves once more that he is a true master of suspense, delivering another high-octane thriller set in Washington's legendary corridors of power. Capitol Murder's breathtaking pace and electrifying twists will have old fans and newcomers racing to the final, stunning page.

PRAISE FOR CAPITOL MURDER:

“Like the preceding books in this trilogy, CAPITOL MURDER offers its readers an exciting story focused on topical events. Margolin expertly unravels each of the threads of his complicated plot only unite them again in a consistently developed conclusion.”

— Examiner.com

“A killer follow-up. . . . Phillip Margolin’s CAPITOL MURDER is like a cold shower—it grabs our attention and gets our adrenaline running.”— New York Journal of Books“Margolin delivers another slam-bang political thriller. . . . A nonstop read. ”

— Library Journal

"Margolin's characters leap off the page and pull you into the action. Besides Brad and Dana, the author populates the book with individuals who are pathetic, terrifying, and foolhardy as well as down-to-earth and smart, but they are all frighteningly human. . . .In a novel peopled with terrorists, spies, and power hungry government officials, "Capitol Murder" is a roller coaster of a book. It brings to light the complicated issues involving laws regarding terrorism, and the challenges faced by lawyers in dealing with cases in which much of the vital information is top secret. "Capitol Murder" is a compelling story, and Margolin has the insight to combine the fiction and fact into one.
-Suspense Magazine, April 2012 issue

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

I grew up in New York City and Levittown, New York. In 1965 I graduated from The American University in Washington, D.C., with a Bachelor's Degree in Government. From 1965 to 1967, I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia, West Africa. In 1970 I graduated from New York University School of Law. During my last two years in law school, I went at night and worked my way through by teaching junior high school in the South Bronx in New York City. My first job after law school was a clerkship with Herbert M. Schwab, the Chief Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals. From 1972 until 1996, I was in private practice in Portland, Oregon, specializing in criminal defense at the trial and appellate levels. As an appellate attorney, I have appeared before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Oregon Supreme Court, and the Oregon Court of Appeals. As a trial attorney, I have handled all sorts of criminal cases in state and federal court, and I have represented approximately 30 people charged with homicide, including several who have faced the death penalty. I was the first Oregon attorney to use the Battered Women's Syndrome to defend a battered woman accused of murdering her spouse.

Since 1996, I have been writing full-time. All of my novels have been New York Times bestsellers. Heartstone, my first novel, was nominated for an Edgar for best original paperback mystery of 1978 by the Mystery Writers of America. My second novel, The Last Innocent Man, was made into an HBO movie. Gone, But Not Forgotten has been sold to more than 25 foreign publishers and debuted as a miniseries in 2004. After Dark, The Burning Man, The Undertaker's Widow, Wild Justice, The Associate, Ties That Bind, and Sleeping Beauty were also New York Times bestsellers and selections, or main selections, of the major book clubs.

In addition to my novels, I have published short stories and nonfiction articles in magazines and law journals. My short story, "The Jailhouse Lawyer," was selected for the anthology The Best American Mystery Stories 1999.

Since 1996, I've been the President and Chairman of the Board of Chess for Success, a nonprofit charity that uses chess to teach study skills to elementary and middle school children in Title I schools.

MY THOUGHTS/REVIEW FOR CAPITOL MURDER:
CAPITOL MURDER by best selling author Phillip Margolin brings to readers the villainous serial killer Clarence Little to do battle with the popular Attorney Brad Miller and Private Investigator Dana Cutler, as well as the rest of the United States!  Having escaped from prison, Little is the main suspect in a string of murders that are also linked to terrorist threats. The main characters all are part of the volatile Washington, D.C. political scene, each with a distinctive role.  It is ingenious to see how cleverly Margolin has woven their individual stories together with Clarence Little playing a main part in all of them.

With a threat of terrorism aimed at a major venue where a sporting event is to be held, the suspense builds and just when you think you have outguessed Margolin, he adds that twist or makes that turn, which takes the story in another direction. All the layers of the plot intertwine but work so well together, I think, because the characters are so well drawn and charismatic. With great believability thanks to these multi-faceted characters, readers will be holding their breath but also allowing some over-the-top parts to continue because they add to the suspense and thrill of the narrative. I have not read a Margolin book before and I think I might have been better off if I had read the two books before this one for a little more background but overall, I found CAPITOL MURDER to stand well enough on its own to make it one I enjoyed. 

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