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Capitol Threat: A Novel of Suspense

av William Bernhardt

Serier: Ben Kincaid (15)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. "A white-knuckle page-turner . . . Don't start this book when you have something important to do.". "Political infighting and backstabbing, Kincaid faces it all.". "[William Bernhardt is a] master of the legal thriller.". HTML: When Oklahoma attorney Ben Kincaid came to Washington, D.C., to defend a senator caught in a red-hot sex scandal turned murder case, he never dreamed he'd end up trading the courtroom for the senate chamber. And after his not-so-distinguished client stepped down, Ben found himself appointed to complete the sullied senator's term. Now, having barely gotten his political sea legs, he must rise to yet another challenge: advising the president's next Supreme Court nominee during the sometimes thorny confirmation process. Luckily, Judge Thaddeus Roush's popularity on both sides of the aisle looks to make him a shoo-in. Until he decides to out himself on national television--igniting a Beltway uproar and setting the stage for a bare-knuckle partisan brawl. Forced to scramble for spin control, Ben hastily calls a press conference for the now controversial candidate. But the photo op becomes a tabloid nightmare when, on live TV, a brutally murdered woman is discovered in the judge's backyard. For the political forces out to torpedo the nomination of a gay Supreme Court Justice, the shocking turn of events is pure gold. With the secret backing of the president and a made-to-order new candidate waiting in the wings, the cagey senate majority leader and his most ruthless allies mount a smear campaign that would put Joe McCarthy to shame. But Team Kincaid isn't about to let the best man for the job get derailed. While Ben uses his best courtroom strategies to wage a war of words, his crack private eye, Loving, hits the capital streets to fight a much more hands-on battle--with hustlers, hit men, and homicidal hoods--as he digs for dirt in places even Deep Throat would avoid. It's soon clear that this game is anything but politics as usual. In Capitol Threat, William Bernhardt serves up a resounding one-two punch of political intrigue and legal suspense peppered with a volley of his trademark plot twists, sly wit, and persistent thrills. From the Hardcover edition. .… (mer)

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Ben Kincaid, still serving as interim US Senator from Oklahoma, has been asked to assist Judge Thaddeus Roush as the judge is questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee for appointment to the Supreme Court. The President announces Roush as his choice and as Roush makes his acceptance remarks he decides that he must come clean with his secret. Roush confesses that he is gay and that he has been in a committed relationship with his boyfriend, Ray, for seven years. His announcement shocks the gathered dignitaries and the ensuing chaotic scene keeps Roush from continuing his speech. He instead suggests that he hold his own press conference the next day at his home. During the conference, however, a woman's body is discovered and it is thought that Ray may be the killer. Now embarrassed by Roush, the senators, president and various lobbyists want Roush to withdraw his name from nomination but he refuses. Ben does his best to keep Roush from being destroyed by ugly rumors and outright lies while he tries to learn the identity of the dead woman and her connection to the judge.

I've been a Ben Kincaid fan for quite a few years now but I don't really enjoy him in a political setting. As a trial lawyer in Oklahoma he is great but this "Capital" trilogy is not Bernhardt's best work. I'd say at least 3/4 of the book was political speeches and committee meetings and the other 1/4 was devoted to the mystery, which was actually a pretty good one. It just got lost in all of those pages of words, words, words.
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. "A white-knuckle page-turner . . . Don't start this book when you have something important to do.". "Political infighting and backstabbing, Kincaid faces it all.". "[William Bernhardt is a] master of the legal thriller.". HTML:

When Oklahoma attorney Ben Kincaid came to Washington, D.C., to defend a senator caught in a red-hot sex scandal turned murder case, he never dreamed he'd end up trading the courtroom for the senate chamber. And after his not-so-distinguished client stepped down, Ben found himself appointed to complete the sullied senator's term. Now, having barely gotten his political sea legs, he must rise to yet another challenge: advising the president's next Supreme Court nominee during the sometimes thorny confirmation process. Luckily, Judge Thaddeus Roush's popularity on both sides of the aisle looks to make him a shoo-in. Until he decides to out himself on national television--igniting a Beltway uproar and setting the stage for a bare-knuckle partisan brawl.

Forced to scramble for spin control, Ben hastily calls a press conference for the now controversial candidate. But the photo op becomes a tabloid nightmare when, on live TV, a brutally murdered woman is discovered in the judge's backyard. For the political forces out to torpedo the nomination of a gay Supreme Court Justice, the shocking turn of events is pure gold.

With the secret backing of the president and a made-to-order new candidate waiting in the wings, the cagey senate majority leader and his most ruthless allies mount a smear campaign that would put Joe McCarthy to shame. But Team Kincaid isn't about to let the best man for the job get derailed.

While Ben uses his best courtroom strategies to wage a war of words, his crack private eye, Loving, hits the capital streets to fight a much more hands-on battle--with hustlers, hit men, and homicidal hoods--as he digs for dirt in places even Deep Throat would avoid. It's soon clear that this game is anything but politics as usual.

In Capitol Threat, William Bernhardt serves up a resounding one-two punch of political intrigue and legal suspense peppered with a volley of his trademark plot twists, sly wit, and persistent thrills.

From the Hardcover edition.

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