Assassination Attempts:
Pursuit by James Stewart Thayer
Watchdogs by John Weisman
American Quartet by Warren Adler
Primary Target by Marilyn Wallace
Primary Target by Max Allan Collins
The Kidnapping of the President by Charles Templeton
Campaign Train (Murder Rides the Campaign Train) by The Gordons
Glass Tiger by Joe Gores
Murder at Monticello by Jane Langton
The Surrogate Assassin by Christopher Leppek
The President's Assassin by Brian Haig Kidnappings:
The Kidnapping of the President by Charles Templeton
Line of Succession by Brian Garfield
Oath of Office by Steven J. Kirsch
We are Holding the President Hostage by Warren Adler
The Camel Club by David Baldacci
Presidential Disappearances:
The President Vanishes by Rex Stout
Missing! by Michael Avallone
The President's Plan is Missing by Robert J. Serling
Fixing the Election:
President Fu Manch by Sax Rohmer
The Big Fix by Roger L. Simon
The Ceiling of Hell by Warren Murphy
Atropos by William DeAndrea
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
The 13th Directorate by Barry Chubin
The Red President by Martin Gross
The Trojan Hearse by Richard S. Prather
Presidential Crisis:
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
Vanished by Fletcher Knebel
The President as Detective:
Bully by Mark Schorr
Speak Softly by Lawrence Alexander
Lincoln for the Defense by Warren Bull
Mr President, Private Eye, edited by Martin Greenberg & Francis M. Nevins
The JFK Plot:
Too many to list, but...
Executive Action by Mark Lane, Donald Freed and Stephen Jaffe
The Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry
Mongoose, RIP by William F. Buckley
Presidential Families:
Murder and the First Lady (and other novels) By Elliot Roosevelt (featuring Eleanor Roosevelt)
Murder in the White House (and other novels) by Margaret Truman (fictional White House daughter)
They've Shot the President's Daughter by Edward Stewart
Deadly Aims by Ron L. Gerard
The First Lady Murders, edited by Nancy Pickard
The President's Daughter by Jack Higgins
The Devil's Bed by William Kent Krueger
Other:
Julie Hyzy's White House Chef series
Treason at Hanford by Scott Parker
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
The Plan by Stephen J. Cannell
The Next President by Joseph Flynn
The First Patient by Michael Palmer
Put a Lid on It by Donald Westlake
Killing Time by Caleb Carr
Enslaved by Ron Burns
The President's Vampire, Blood Bath by Christopher Farnsworth
The President's Henchman by Joseph Flynn
The President's Daugher by Mariah Stewart
Keeping House by Tucker and Richard Phillips
President Lincoln's Spy by Steven Wilson
An Anthology:
Mr President, Private Eye, edited by Martin H. Greenberg. Different historical presidents in the role of sleuth
From my Election Presidential list November 2009: Political Election and Thrillers
Rubicon by Lawrence Alexander
Saving Faith by David Baldacci
Political Suicide and Touched by the Dead by Robert Barnard
Capitol Conspiracy by William Bernhardt
Bowen, Michael Richard Michaelson- Retired Foreign Service Officer-Washington DC
Three Shirt Deal by Stephen J. Cannell
Impaired Judgement by David Compton
Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
Term Limits by Vince Flynn
The Scandal Plan by Bill Folman
The Power Broker by Stephen W. Frey
Spook Country by William Gibson
Fast Track, Sleeping Dogs by Ed Gorman
The Fourth Perimeter by Tim Green
The People's Choice by Jeff Greenfield
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
The President's Daughter and The White House Connection by Jack Higgins
The Enemy Within by Noel Hynd
First Daughter by Eric Lustbader
Executive Privilege by Philip Margolin
The Race, Protect and Defend, Balance of Power by Richard North Patterson
Politics Noir: Gary Phillips, Editor
Missing Member by Jo-Ann Power
Dark Horse by Ralph Reed
Dead Heat, The Last Jihad by Joel C. Rosenberg
Dead Watch by John Sandford
State of the Union by Brad Thor
Capital Crimes by Stuart Woods
And there's the well-known short story "The Murder of George Washington" by Richard M. Gordon.
ReplyDeleteJFK PLOT: "The Sixteenth Man" by Thomas B. Sawyer.
ReplyDeleteOTHER: "The Devil Colony" by James Rollins - Thomas Jefferson's secret reason for sending Lewis and Clark on a trip through the West.
Pat Browning
February 19, 2012 1:10 AM
American Tabloid by James Ellroy.
ReplyDeleteTwo other thrillers you might add to this list, Janet: Father's Day, by John Calvin Batchelor (1994); and The Only Thing to Fear, by David Poyer (1995).
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Jeff
There are a couple of note from British spy writer Ted Allbeury.
ReplyDelete"The 20th Day of January" where a Presidential candidate finds out his campaign is being backed by the KGB, and..
"The Man With The President's Mind" where the KGB, yes, them again, train a dupe to mirror the President's thoughts.