{"product_id":"2940172350061","title":"Murder in Foggy Bottom","description":"In Margaret Truman's latest mystery, the scene opens with an obscure death in Washington's Foggy Bottom, home of the State Department, shifts to mass\u003cbr\u003emurder in the downing of aircraft, and then moves on to mayhem in the\u003cbr\u003estreets of the new Moscow. Leaving an airport near New York, a D.C.-bound commuter plane falls to earth. At almost the same time, another crash occurs. And then... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirmly ruling out coincidence, investigators seek means and motive. The\u003cbr\u003emeans are soon apparent: small-scale weaponry with large-scale impact. Their country of origin? A place where nearly everything - hardware, information, love  - can be found for a price. Max Pauling, a State Department investigator, seasoned, good-looking, and hard to fool, quickly takes off on a trail still as warm as the smoking wreckage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA host of vivid characters people the narrative, including a lovely State\u003cbr\u003eDepartment analyst who finds herself attracted to undercover types; a\u003cbr\u003emilitia leader in Idaho who leads his people into gunfire; a reporter at\u003cbr\u003eodds with his boss but not with a good story; and a secretary of state who\u003cbr\u003eloves baseball slightly more than her job. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFast-paced and informative about flying, food, statecraft, and the violent\u003cbr\u003e\"wetwork\" under the dryly elegant exterior of diplomacy, Margaret Truman's\u003cbr\u003eMurder in Foggy Bottom is another winner in the Capital Crimes series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Margaret Truman\u003cbr\u003e\"A first-rate mystery writer, said Charles Champlin in the Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003eBook Review, \"drawing on an I-was-there expertise that\u003cbr\u003emakes the Washington scene clang with credibility.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"She can write suspense with the best of them,\" says Larry King.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer work is \"the most satisfying sort of popular fiction, a thoughtful\u003cbr\u003ethriller,\" adds The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100266316016,"sku":"2940172350061","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172350061_p0.jpg?v=1763830952","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172350061","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}