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Justice must be served when a chief clerk is killed in this mystery by the New York Times-bestselling author. When Clarence Sutherland, Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court, is found dead, Lieutenant Martin Teller of the DC police and Susanna Pincher of the Justice Department are pulled together to find the killer. It turns out that Sutherland had a lot of confidential information on important people, and any one of them could be responsible for his death. But one startling clue seems to show more implicate the high court itself: Sutherland was found slumped over in the Chief Justice's chair. Did the clerk know something that the top judge, and perhaps even the president himself, didn't want revealed? Teller and Pincher intend to find out . . . From the daughter of President Harry Truman, an expert at depicting the details of life inside the beltway, Murder in the Supreme Court provides an intriguing peek into the world of Washington's powerful justice system. show lessTags
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A handsome young man who nobody liked is killed in the Supreme Court after hours. Who wanted him dead and why? Another interesting read from someone who I am sure heard about many things that most of us never did.
Ms. Truman's knowledge of Washington, DC neighborhoods, city customs, & how government is intertwined with all aspects of daily District citizens lives. As a resident I'm always how soit on she is on local details.
Fiction, Mystery, Detective and mystery stories, A law clerk at the Supreme Court is found shot to death while he sits in the chair of the Chief Justice, Two detectives are assigned to the case: Martin Teller and Susanna Pinscher. First published by Arbor House Pub Co, New York, 1982, First Italian edition under the title: "Assassinio alla Corte Suprema", Mondadori, 1984
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Escenario de la intriga son los augustos pasillos del Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos, una de las más altas sedes de la trama de poder. Clarence Sutherland, primer secretario del presidente del tribunal parece muerto en la sala de secciones: un disparo en la frente. Comisionada por el departamento de justicia, la brillante y atractiva Susanna Pinscher se hará cargo de la investigación, flanqueada por el muy heterodoxo detective de la policía de Washington, Martin Teller. Pronto las sospechas recaerán sobre los nueves magistrados -ocho hombres y una mujer que componen el mas alto tribunal de justicia americana: en especial modo el decano de los jueces, otro magistrado que es casi un símbolo de la nación y el propio show more presidente del Tribunal supremo; todos ellos -pero no solos ellos...- tiene motivos para odiar a Sutherland. Poco a poco se hace evidente que éste, hombre de inteligencia excepcional y mujeriego impenitente, había logrado tener acceso a coincidencias y turbios antecedentes que ponían en sus manos un poderoso instrumento de chantaje. La clave de la intriga será descifrada en un final sorprendente, digno desenlace de una construcción narrativa en la que suspense y realismo, sentido del misterio y lúcido conocimiento de los ambientes descritos, están perfectamente dosificados show less
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Miss Truman knows her Washington. Her distaste for chicanery and hypocracy in high office is apparent, and her indignation when confronted with moral dishonesty is one of the bonuses of the book... "Murder in the Supreme Court" is her best job to date.
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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 in the Supreme Court
- Original title
- Murder in the Supreme Court
- Original publication date
- 1981
- People/Characters
- Martin Teller (Lieutenant); Susanna Pincher
- Important places
- Washington, D.C., USA
- First words
- "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He did, and after shoving the cats from their way, proceeded to show her, and to put thoughts of California, at least for the moment, far, far out of her mind.
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