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Political Fiction

Jeffrey Archer, First among Equals.
Four men struggle to become Prime Minister of Great Britain through three decades of bitter rivalry.

David Baldacci, The Camel Club.
Four conspiracy theorists witness the murder of a Secret Service agent.

John Calvin Batchelor, Father's Day.
The President temporarily transfers power to his Vice President while he undergoes treatment for depression, but when he tries to resume office the VP sets in motion a plot that threatens the nation.

William Bernhardt, Capitol Murder.
Ben Kincaid defends an Oklahoma Senator who’s accused of murdering an intern after he was caught on video with her in a compromising position.

Roy Blount, First Hubby.
When his wife becomes President, a man must cope with being the first First Husband of the U.S.

Barbara Boxer, A Time to Run.
A liberal Senator receives documents that could halt the nomination of a conservative Supreme Court Justice from a reporter who’s a former lover.

Sandra Brown, Exclusive.
A reporter delves into the secrets of the First Family, who lost a baby in strange circumstances.

Christopher Buckley, Little Green Men.
A Washington insider finds himself on the outside when he claims to have been abducted by aliens, not realizing he’d been seized by a disgruntled employee of a covert government operation.

Stephen Cannell, The Plan.
A reporter films a documentary about a presidential campaign being run by a friend, but soon realizes something sinister is going on.

Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate.
A Medal of Honor winner who was brainwashed while a POW in North Korea returns to the U.S. programmed to assassinate a presidential candidate.

Mark Costello, Big If.
A Secret Service agent heads the Vice President’s protection team during the New Hampshire primary while dealing with her own family problems.

Eric Dezenhall, Shakedown Beach.
A pollster working for the New Jersey Governor who's running for the Senate tries to discover the secret his boss is hiding.

Mike Doogan, Capitol Offense. Mystery
A private eye in Anchorage is hired to clear a native Alaskan state senator of the charge of murdering another senator's legislative assistant

Allen Drury, Advise and Consent.
A bitter battle ensues in the Senate during the confirmation hearings of a nominee for Secretary of State in this Pulitzer prize-winning classic.

Ev Ehrlich, Big Government.
The President decides to quit, setting off a frantic election year in which universal daylight savings time is the big issue.

Joseph Flynn, The Next President.
A man who was a sniper in Vietnam is coerced by a blackmailer threatening his son into trying to assassinate the first African-American candidate for President of the United States.

Vince Flynn, Transfer of Power.
When terrorists seize the White House and the President flees to an underground bunker, the Vice President stalls rescue efforts, leaving the military and a rogue CIA agent no choice but to act on their own.

Jeffrey Frank, Bad Publicity.
A former Congressman in line for a top White House post is accused of sexual harassment.

James Glickman, Sounding the Waters.
A lawyer agrees to help an old friend when a legal issue threatens his campaign for Senate and finds himself enmeshed in web of intrigue and dirty tricks.

Kristin Gore, Sammy's Hill.
A young woman working as a policy advisor to a Senator encounters a variety of political and romantic entanglements on Capitol Hill.

Jeff Greenfield, The People's Choice.
When the President-Elect dies four days after the election, a member of the Electoral College questions whether she must cast her vote for his inept running mate, causing constitutional turmoil.

James Grippando, The Abduction.
When a presidential candidate's granddaughter is kidnapped it’s up to his opponent—the Attorney General, whose own daughter was abducted 8 years ago—to find her.

Brian Haig, The President's Assassin.
Sean Drummond investigates a connection between the deaths of the White House chief of staff and a $100 million bounty on the President

Richard Herman, Power Curve.
After the President’s sudden death, the female Vice President becomes Commander-in-Chief as a crisis brews between China and Japan.

Bonnie Hearn Hill, Intern.
A California State Senator is under suspicion when his intern disappears and his affair with her is revealed.

James Huston, Balance of Power.
The Speaker of the House uses an obscure clause in the Constitution to go behind the President’s back and declare war on terrorists who attack an American ship.

Reed Karaim, If Men Were Angels.
A reporter following a presidential candidate on the campaign trail uncovers a secret that could ruin him.

Joe Klein, The Running Mate.
After losing the presidential election, a senator frees a veteran from a Vietnamese prison and suddenly finds that he’s hot political property.

Fletcher Knebel, Seven Days in May.
During the Cold War, the President negotiates a disarmament treaty with the Soviets, prompting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to plot a coup.

Mike Lawson, The Inside Ring.
A man who solves problems for the Speaker of the House is asked to look into an assassination attempt on the President that may have been an inside job.

Peter Lefcourt, The Woody.
Vermont Senator Woody White struggles with a variety of problems while running for reelection.

Jim Lehrer, Purple Dots.
The President's nominee for head of the CIA thinks his confirmation hearing will be a mere formality but becomes the target of an unknown agenda.

Michael Malone, First Lady. Mystery
Police look into a series of killings involving an Irish rock singer and the First Lady of North Carolina.

Phillip Margolin, Executive Privilege.
An attorney suspects that the President is responsible for a murder previously attributed to a serial killer.

Charles McCarry, The Better Angels.
A tense election in a deeply polarized America is complicated by the threat of terrorism.

Brian McGrory, The Incumbent.
A Washington correspondent is invited to play golf with the President and finds himself in the middle of an assassination attempt.

Brad Meltzer, The First Counsel.
While on a date with the President’s daughter, a member of the White House legal team sees his boss the First Counsel making a money drop.

Michele Mitchell, The Latest Bombshell.
A political consultant agrees to help her ex-boyfriend, a reporter accused of selling military secrets to China.

Patricia O’Brien, The Ladies' Lunch.
A group of powerful Washington women investigate when one of their friends is found dead.

Michael Palmer, The First Patient.
A country doctor is called to Washington when his old friend the President begins to suffer from strange symptoms.

Richard North Patterson, Protect and Defend.
A nominee for the Supreme Court is drawn into the case of a teenage girl whose parents want to stop her from aborting a baby with a severe birth defect.

Thomas Powers, The Confirmation.
A junior CIA officer researching American POWs and MIAs in Vietnam discovers something that could prevent his boss from being confirmed as CIA head.

Alan Russell, Political Suicide.
A private investigator helps a congressman’s daughter who believes her father’s alleged suicide was actually murder.

Steve Samuel, Rock, Paper, Scissors.
A Secret Service agent charged with protecting the Secretary of State discovers a high-level conspiracy has been hatched in the top levels of government.

Philip Shelby, Days of Drums.
A Secret Service agent is left with a disk containing explosive secrets after the Senator she was charged with protecting is murdered.

Scott Simon, Windy City.
After the Mayor of Chicago dies in suspicious circumstances, the vice-mayor must step into a difficult situation.

Ross Thomas, Ah, Treachery!
A political fundraiser who lost $1.2 million calls on a former army major to help her get it back.

Brad Thor, The Lions of Lucerne.
When the President is kidnapped and his Secret Service team is massacred, the only surviving agent sets out to find the President and uncover the truth.

Margaret Truman, Murder in the House. Mystery
A Congressman about to be nominated for Secretary of State dies in suspicious circumstances.

Stuart Woods, The Run.
A Senator mulling a run for the presidency is forced by circumstances to make his decision before he's ready and is then targeted by clandestine enemies.

 

 

 

 

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