tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post4781594437889922057..comments2024-03-27T13:26:32.587-07:00Comments on Mystery Fanfare: The U.S. President and Detective Fiction: Hail to the ChiefJanet Rudolphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-19007885418235152402017-04-07T10:48:12.463-07:002017-04-07T10:48:12.463-07:00A recent one is CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Five Star, 201...A recent one is CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Five Star, 2014) by Mike Black, in which a DC Metro Homicide Detective (and former US Army Ranger), investigates a murder that ties into a plot by a deranged military officer to get his brother-in-law into the Oval Office.<br /><br />It'll be listed in an article I'm doing for your upcoming "Big City Cops" issue.JIM DOHERTYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-29189935171851045752009-01-26T12:16:00.000-08:002009-01-26T12:16:00.000-08:00The Dead Zone by Stephen King is the book I was tr...The Dead Zone by Stephen King is the book I was trying to think of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-18719148492487549252009-01-23T17:35:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:35:00.000-08:00Very interesting.Gwyn Ramseyhttp://gwynramsey.blog...Very interesting.<BR/><BR/>Gwyn Ramsey<BR/>http://gwynramsey.blogspot.comGwyn Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310287267369229514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-23029055754567028222009-01-22T07:01:00.000-08:002009-01-22T07:01:00.000-08:00Karen Bevers sent this update for the list:Hi Jane...Karen Bevers sent this update for the list:<BR/><BR/>Hi Janet,<BR/>I used the following list for a reading group in November .. on political elections. You would need to delet #7 which is about a San Francisco mayoral election. I’m not sure if any of the rest miss being presidential, but most of them should be good for your list. I don’t know how to add to your blog, so I hope you won’t mind my sending it this way<BR/>Karen Bevers<BR/>POLICTCAL ELECTION and THRILLERS<BR/>1.Alexander, Lawrence – RUBICON<BR/><BR/>2.Baldacci, David Saving Faith <BR/>3. Barnard, Robert Political Suicide and Touched by the Dead<BR/>4. Bernhardt, William – CAPITOL CONSPIRACY<BR/>5. Bowen, Michael Richard Michaelson- Retired Foreign Service Officer-Washington DC<BR/>6.Cannell, Stephen J. – THREE SHIRT DEAL<BR/>7.Coggins, Mark - RUNOFF<BR/>8. Compton,David Impaired Judgement<BR/>9. Condon,Richard Manchurian Candidate<BR/>10. Flynn, Vince Term Limits (1st)<BR/>11.Folman, Bill THE SCANDAL PLAN<BR/>12.Frey, Stephen W. THE POWER BROKER<BR/>13.Gibson, William SPOOK COUNTRY<BR/>14. Gorman,Edmund FAST TRACK and SLEEPING DOGS<BR/>15.Green, Tim THE FOURTH PERIMETER<BR/>16.Greenfield, Jeff THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE<BR/>17. Grisham. John The Pelican Brief<BR/>18. Higgins, Jack The President's Daughter and The White House Connection<BR/>19.Hynd, Noel THE ENEMY WITHIN<BR/>20.Lustbader, Eric FIRST DAUGHTER<BR/>21.Margolin, Phillip EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE (2008)<BR/>22. Patterson, Richard North THE RACE and PROTECT AND DEFEND and BALANCE OF POWER<BR/>23. Phillips, Gary, editor – POLITICS NOIR<BR/>24.Power, Jo-Ann MISSING MEMBER<BR/>25.Reed, Ralph DARK HORSE<BR/>26.Rosenberg, Joel C. DEAD HEAT and THE LAST JIHAD<BR/>27.Sandford, John DEAD WATCH<BR/>28.Thor, Brad STATE OF THE UNION<BR/>29.Woods, Stuart – CAPITAL CRIMES<BR/><BR/>Assassination attempts<BR/>Gores, Joe – GLASS TIGERJanet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-71244558877507455772009-01-21T00:11:00.000-08:002009-01-21T00:11:00.000-08:00Greenberg Martin H. ed Mr President, Private EyeGreenberg Martin H. ed Mr President, Private EyeHelen Tilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639754462865888698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-72569141479268327292009-01-20T11:03:00.000-08:002009-01-20T11:03:00.000-08:00My first novel, Treason at Hanford, stars Senator ...My first novel, Treason at Hanford, stars Senator Harry Truman. It takes place in the spring of 1944, a few months before he was selected to be VP. The story ends with him being president. The first portion of the book is posted on my blog.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-10563117561671622822009-01-20T10:47:00.000-08:002009-01-20T10:47:00.000-08:00Don't forget Julie Hyzy's White House Chef series,...Don't forget <A HREF="http://www.juliehyzy.com/chef.html" REL="nofollow">Julie Hyzy's White House Chef series</A>, serving up Chef Olivia Paras in <B>State of the Onion</B> and <B>Hail to the Chef</B>. Both are seasoned with a pinch of humor and more than a large dollop of suspense.Jonathan E. Quisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13334719433572303381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-78309925320562368732009-01-20T09:53:00.000-08:002009-01-20T09:53:00.000-08:00To the kidnapping categoy add David Baldacci's 'Th...To the kidnapping categoy add David Baldacci's 'The Camel Club.'Corey Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566740230330395590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-76332854306478195522009-01-20T08:25:00.000-08:002009-01-20T08:25:00.000-08:00Neither of them strictly "detective", but I enjoye...Neither of them strictly "detective", but I enjoyed The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon and the book by Stephen King about the man in the coma who wakes up years later to find his girlfried married to someone else...and he uncovers a conspiracy....<BR/>I think at least one of Richard North Patterson's books was about a presidential assassination attempt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com