Capitol Murder - Ben Kincaid, Bk 14 Author:William Bernhardt KincaidÃÂ's legal success has earned him a dubious reward: a journey through the looking glass into the Beltway. Here, in the heart of the nationÃÂs capital, a powerful U.S. senator has been caught first in a sordid sex scandal, then in a case of murder. — Senate aide Veronica Cooper was found in a secret Sen... more »ate office beneath the Capitol building, on Senator Todd GlancyÃÂ's favorite couch, blood pouring from the knife wound in her throat. The young womanÃÂs death comes on the heels of the release of a sordid videotape depicting her and Senator Glancy in compromising positions.
With the senatorÃÂs reputation in tatters, the evidence against him ÃÂas a sexual predator and possibly a killerÃÂ mounts. By the time a nationally televised murder trial begins, Kincaid and his team know theyÃÂ're facing the challenge of a lifetime. According to public opinion, and even in KincaidÃÂ's most private thoughts, Glancy is one more politician who cannot admit his own culpability.
But while a dramatic trial unfolds in the courtroomÃÂ loaded with pitfalls, traps, and an astounding betrayal ÃÂanother trial is taking place on the mean streets of D.C., as Kincaid'ÃÂs investigator pursues a young woman who was a friend of Veronica CooperÃÂs, plunging Kincaid into a bizarre world of Goths, sadomasochists, and a community of self-proclaimed vampires. Somewhere in this violent underworld lies the secret behind Veronica CooperÃÂs demise . . . and the crux of Senator GlancyÃÂ's innocence or guilt.
In a case that pits Kincaid and his freewheeling partner Christina McCall against the brutal machinery of Washington politics, the answers they seek are hidden in a murderous maze of lies and hidden motives.« less
Ben Kincaid, the Oklahoma attorney,is back. His current case takes him to Washington D.C. and involves a Senator[Bill Clinton personality] involved in a sex scandal and murder. Lots of action in this one.