K Street Killing: A Washington Whodunit

Lobbyists and a reelection campaign prove a volatile mix in Shogan’s entertaining fourth mystery featuring Congressional aide Kit Marshall (after 2017’s Calamity at the Continental Club). As the chief of staff for North Carolina representative Maeve Dixon, Kit is in charge of her boss’s last fund-raiser in Washington, D.C., held at an upscale restaurant with views of the Capitol. As the event is winding down, powerful transportation lobbyist Van Parker falls off the restaurant’s spectacular rooftop to his death. When Det. Maggie Glass of the Metro police arrives at the scene, she has a number of guests to question, including Lauren Parker, Van’s disaffected wife; Max Robinson of the Bicycle Advocacy Movement; and Dash Dugal of the American Railway Federation. With the investigation putting Maeve’s reelection in peril, Kit turns sleuth and, in classic Agatha Christie tradition, assembles all the suspects for the grand finale. Shogan, a senior executive at the Library of Congress who teaches American politics at Georgetown University, bolsters her tale with an insider’s knowledge of the ways of Washington. [em]Agent: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary. (July) [/em]