Catalog Search Results
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Nell MacDermott is the politically ambitious granddaughter of a canny politician in Manhattan's silk stocking district, and her grandfather wants her to run for his old congressional seat. But there are rumors that Adam Cauliff, Nell's husband, has been involved in a real estate and construction scam, and until Nell gets to the bottom of this her political future will be clouded. When Adam and his assistant are killed in an explosion aboard his boat,...
Author
Series
Kate Shugak mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Kate Shugak joins the security staff for a Native woman running for the Alaskan state senate. The candidate has received anonymous threats--and soon her campaign is rocked by the murder of their staff researcher. Kate must retrace the researcher's steps and delve into the past, in particular the grisly murder of a "good time girl" during the 1915 Klondike Gold Rush.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Formats
Description
Growing up in an orphanage prepared Amelia Cooke for the high-stakes role of a female lobbyist in 1887, a time before women could vote. So when she's hired by the National Women's Suffrage Association to lobby for a suffrage amendment, Amelia feels empowered to give women a voice. What she doesn't foresee is Senator Edward Stillman. Stillman is charismatic, driven, and desperate to crush the amendment and Amelia. But in a political game where bribery,...
Similar Searches
These searches are similar to the search you tried. Would you like to try one of these instead?