The décor, parties and after-hours life of Washington diplomats comes to life through the real life memories of Margaret Truman. Murder on Embassy Row is an unpredictable thriller with a surprising murder weapon that no one sees coming.
"Truman gains in confidence and expertise with each book, and this is the best yet." (New York Times Book Review)
British Ambassador to the U.S. Geoffrey James is a shady sort, prone to womanizing and taking financial advantage of his contacts. When Ambassador James drops dead at his own gala party, everyone suspects the ambassador’s Iranian valet Nuri Hafez—who has suspiciously disappeared. But Washington Metro’s Captain Sal Morizio and his fellow officer and lover, Connie Lake, are convinced there is something far more sinister going on.
Margaret Truman enlivens history with her first-hand knowledge as the daughter of a U.S. president. When the book was first published in 1984, the Associated Press raved that Murder on Embassy Row moved Truman into "the international spy genre." The engrossing and exotic details keep readers on edge and wanting to know how James was killed, and why.
Murder on Embassy Row is the fifth book of the Capital Crimes series and was a New York Times paperback bestseller in 1985. The enduring Capital Crimes series, published between 1980 and 2011, contains twenty-five titles, all set in and around Washington, D.C. The series can be read out of sequence, though some characters do recur. Capital Crimes has aged well, with generations of readers attracted to the true-to-life scenarios that only someone with intimate knowledge of politics could provide.
Margaret Truman
Margaret Truman, the only child of President Harry Truman (33rd President of the United States), was born in Independence, Missouri and spent her early years between Missouri and Washington, DC, where her father was a senator. Upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt, Truman assumed the presidency and the young Margaret moved to the White House. From there it was on to George Washington University and a Bachelors of Arts degree in History. After college, she pursued her interest and talent in singing and from the late 1940s into the early 1950s she performed around the world, as well as on radio and television shows. Her singing career received mixed reviews, but nonetheless was followed closely by the media in her day. Truman remained in the public eye when she went on to become one of the first women to be part of the then fledgling morning news and entertainment shows, paired with Mike Wallace on NBC’s show Monitor in 1955. She began her writing career in 1956 with her first book, Souvenir, Margaret Truman's Own Story. The autobiography was followed by several works of nonfiction including books about her father, her mother, Bess Truman, and several books focusing on the history of the White House and its previous inhabitants, including former pets of White House families. In 1980, with the release of Murder in the White House, Truman began her foray into the world of fiction, which would continue for the rest of her life. Her Capital Crimes series remains popular with a whole new generation of readers who are intrigued by behind-the-scenes pictures of the political process. A prolific writer in both the fiction and nonfiction genres, Truman has written a total of thirty-five books and is today a truly popular American writer. Margaret Truman died in 2008 at the age of 83.
