Murder at the Kennedy Center

Margaret Truman

7/3/1998

Cool book! One of the main characters is a Democrat running for the office of President who will remind many Americans of President Bill Clinton. Yet this was written in the late 80's, while the President was still building his reputation as national public figure.

This is a well written mystery. I thought I knew "who done it" by the time I finished, and was right. Until the character admitted it, though, I could not be absolutely positive. This story, like any good mystery, has lots of ins and outs. I knew if I could find the right thread, it would untangle. Read it if you like mysteries.

It also provides an interesting picture of what is needed to be a presidential candidate in the United States. The candidate talks about the need to position himself years before to be in the right places at the right times to reach a presidential goal. As the focus of the murder is pointed to his family, his whole campaign is threatened even though he personally was not the murderer. The public persona and the behind the scenes real family are contrasted well.

Another bonus for me was having been to Washington D.C. and the Kennedy Center. I was able to picture most the places being referred to. Early in the book, when the main character took his dog for a walk from Georgetown by the Watergate Hotel to the Kennedy Center, I was able to picture the approximate route.

A review for this book can be found at .

The Series:

Murder in the White House
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder in the Supreme Court
Murder in the Smithsonian
Murder on Embassy Row
Murder at the FBI
Murder in Georgetown
Murder in the CIA
Murder at the Kennedy Center
Murder at the National Cathedral
Murder at the Pentagon
Murder on the Potomac
Murder at the National Gallery
Murder in the House
Murder at the Watergate
Murder in the Library of Congress
Murder in Foggy Bottom
Murder in Havana
Murder at Ford's Theater
Murder at Union Station
Murder at the Washington Tribune
Murder at the Opera
Murder on K Street