Book description
President Steve Wade believes his latest affair with a beautiful
Lebanese woman, Lucia Benoni, is a secret. When Lucia is murdered in
mysterious circumstances, FBI Agent Kelly Smith is called in to
investigate and uncovers links between Lucia, a hostile foreign power,
a group of vicious white supremacists and a shadowy high-placed
Washington figure known only as 'Fox'. As Wade continues to deny the
affair, the press gets on the trail. Because of the national security
implications, there are demands in Congress for Wade's impeachment but
if this were to happen, the law provides that Vice President Ellen
Trevathan should become President.
'Fox' and his associates have other plans, which do not include
allowing the lawful succession to take place. As time runs out Kelly
may hold the key to preventing a coup d'état and a possible civil war.
Peter Murphy was born in 1946. After graduating from Cambridge
University he spent a career in the law, as an advocate and teacher,
both in England and the United States. His legal work included a
number of years in The Hague as defence counsel at the Yugoslavian War
Crimes Tribunal. He lives with his wife in Cambridgeshire.
