Colleen Shoganová apporte une perspective unique à l'écriture de mystère, éclairée par sa vaste expérience en sciences politiques et sa connaissance intime de Washington D.C. Ses récits explorent les rouages complexes du pouvoir, tissant des intrigues captivantes qui mêlent suspense et observations perspicaces de la nature humaine. L'œuvre de Shoganová se caractérise par son intelligence aiguë et sa capacité à créer des mystères captivants sur fond d'intrigues politiques. Les lecteurs sont attirés par ses histoires par l'équilibre savant entre des intrigues palpitantes et des commentaires éclairés sur les complexités de l'ambition et des conséquences.
During a government shutdown, Kit's congresswoman boss is found standing over the dead body of a top staffer she tangled with in front of the press. The police are about to name her as the prime suspect in his murder. The weapon was the Speaker's gavel, an item entrusted to Dixon at the time. The killer knows Kit is on the case. Can she solve the mystery in time to save her job and her life?
During the annual meeting of the Mayflower Society at D.C.'s swanky Continental Club, Kit Marshall is pressed by her future mother-in-law to set a wedding date. A reprieve comes when the head of the society, a multimedia tycoon, is murdered. The prime suspect is her fiancé's father. What better reason for Kit to put on her sleuthing cap?