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"Margaret Truman has become a first-rate mystery writer." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW When a genius doctor is murdered and a desert madman gains the means to kill millions, Major Margit Falk, a helicopter pilot and Pentagon lawyer, is drawn into Project Safekeep--an antimissile scheme under congressional investigation. The alleged murderer has his share of secrets, but Falk smells conspiracy in the air. And although she turns to her mentor, law professor Mackenzie Smith for help, she's got show more to beat a cunning madman and a nuclear blast.... An Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild show lessTags
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A good strong main character (who happens to be a woman Pentagon lawyer and helicopter pilot), I felt that it made for a pleasant change (not that I have anything against male lead characters). An intriguing plot that moves smoothly and there is some consultation with my favourite recurring character, Mac Smith. Again, given that the author is who she is, one just can't help but wonder if her plots are not based on some actual happenings...
When a genius doctor is murdered and a desert madman gains the means to kill millions, Major Margit Falk, a helicopter pilot and Pentagon lawyer, is drawn into Project Safekeep--an antimissile scheme under congressional investigation. The alleged murderer has his share of secrets, but Falk smells conspiracy in the air. And although she turns to her mentor, law professor Mackenzie Smith for help, she's got to beat a cunning madman and a nuclear blast....
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Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry S. Truman, was born on February 17, 1924 in Independence, Missouri. She graduated from George Washington University in 1946. She was also known as Margaret Truman or Margaret Daniel. She was an American singer who later became the successful author of a series of murder mysteries and a number of show more works on U.S. First Ladies and First Families, including a biography of her father, President Harry S. Truman. The only child of Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman; she was called "Margaret" for most of her life. Truman made her concert debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1947 and her first television appearance on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town. She substituted for Edward R. Murrow on Person to Person, and later had her own radio shows (Weekday in the 1950s and Authors in the News in the 1960s). She was active with organizations such as the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and the Truman Centennial Committee. She published her first book, Souvenir: Margaret Truman's Own Story in 1956. She also wrote a series of mysteries set at historic locations in Washington, D. C. She died on January 29, 2008 following a brief illness. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Murder at the Pentagon
- Original title
- Murder at the Pentagon
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Mackenzie Smith; Major Margit Falk
- Important places
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Epigraph
- The Constitution is like the Bible; it ought to be read again and again.
--President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and aboids public places, and we believe it is a fair presumtion that secrecy means impropriety.
--President Woodrow Wilson
They're stealing our country right out from under us. They're our own people, and every last one of them is a traitor.
Senator Henry "Hank" Wishengrad - Dedication
- To the men and women of the Armed Forces, each and every one.
- First words
- The upper quadrant of a sun that would scorch the desert blossomed on the horizon, livid red and rising fast into an inky sky.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Some horseradish, please," Smith said. "Make it the hot stuff."
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