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Absolute Power

Author: David Baldacci

Reader: Scott Brick

Format: 17 CDs (Unabridged)

Dare to explore an unthinkable abuse of power and criminal conspiracy. A murder involves the President and his mistress, along with a cover-up orchestrated by the Chief of Staff and the Secret Service. Will America ever learn the truth? The movie stars Clint Eastwood. "Brick is perfect as narrator – cool, calm, and collected through murder, theft, and conspiracy at the highest levels of society. The dialogue grips the listener as Brick's voice pulses with tension and deception."—AudioFile

Item #: N9W321 ISBN: 9781607883210

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Dead Watch

Author: John Sandford

Reader: Richard Ferrone

Format: 9 CDs (Unabridged)

When a former senator goes missing, his terrified wife thinks she knows what happened, and that she's next. White House Chief Investigator Jacob Winter knows there is much worse to come. An extraordinary story of murder, passion, and deadly ambition. "Few writers in the biz can match [his] smart, edgy, breakneck-speed thrillers."—Entertainment Weekly

Item #: N9X222 ISBN: 9780143142225

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The Ghost Writer

Author: Robert Harris

Reader: Roger Rees

Format: 5 CDs (Abridged)

Collaborating on the British Prime Minister's memoirs, the ghostwriter is at first delighted with the high-profile job. But he soon discovers incriminating secrets – secrets with the power to alter world politics, secrets with the power to kill. The power to kill him. The film The Ghost Writer stars Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor. "Rees briskly narrates the political and personal intrigues... [His] portrayal of the main character embraces the confusion and horror of all that this spectral writer discovers."—AudioFile

Item #: N5P304 ISBN: 9780743583046

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Grass Roots

Author: Stuart Woods

Reader: Barrett Whitener

Format: Playaway (Unabridged)

Will Lee returns to Georgia to argue a case that could damage his run for the Senate. Regardless of the verdict, the town's white supremacists roil with violent forces, intent on keeping him out of office. An electrifying contemporary crime thriller. Fourth in the series. "[He] knows how to spin a yarn to capture even the most blasé listener, and Whitener makes it happen."—AudioFile

Item #: NP2863 ISBN: 9781441832863

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Murder at Ford's Theatre

Author: Margaret Truman

Reader: Richard Allen

Format: 9 CDs (Unabridged)

Truman offers up political scandal and sexual innuendo in this powerful and tightly focused mystery. In the alley behind the theater, police find the body of Nadia Zarinski, young theater volunteer. As a former intern for a powerful right-wing senator, she had been rumored to be playing the role of his lover as well. After a long absence, Mackenzie Smith returns to assist in the investigation. "Allen conveys tensions and suspicions in a rich voice that's a joy for listeners."—AudioFile

Item #: N8N346 ISBN: 9781469243467

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Murder at The Washington Tribune

Author: Margaret Truman

Reader: Dick Hill

Format: 9 CDs (Unabridged)

In Washington, D.C., law, power, and honesty collide... with politicians and reporters. The result is often deadly. The major story at the Washington Tribune is murder. Seeing a way to build up his career, a veteran reporter baits a trap for the killer with a secret from his own past. "Sinister... Hill's blend of intensity, intimate emotions, over-the-hill male bravado, and logical sleuthing makes this compelling entertainment."—AudioFile

Item #: N9N3770 ISBN: 9781469253770

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Murder in Foggy Bottom

Author: Margaret Truman

Reader: Alan Sklar

Format: 8 CDs (Unabridged)

*One plane crash is a tragedy. Two are coincidence. But three? State Department investigator Max Pauling takes off on a trail, still as warm as the smoking wreckage, that leads him to the rogue black markets of Russia – and a lovely Department analyst attracted to undercover types. "Makes the Washington scene clang with credibility."—The Los Angeles Times Book Review

Item #: N7N865 ISBN: 9781469238654

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Murder Inside the Beltway

Author: Margaret Truman

Reader: Patrick Lawlor

Format: Playaway (Unabridged)

Washington roils during one of the nastiest presidential elections in memory. And when the daughter of an advisor close to the presidential hopeful is kidnapped, detectives believe there's a connection – to the murder of a D.C. call girl. 24th in the Capital Crimes series.

Item #: AP6668 ISBN: 9781608126668

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The Race

Author: Richard North Patterson

Reader: Michael Boatman

Format: 11 CDs (Unabridged)

Can an honest man become President? We'll see when a maverick Republican takes on the ruthless machinery of American politics. This tale of candidates and morality focuses on racism, terrorism, religious fundamentalism, gay rights, and media monopolies with their own agenda and lust for power. "This is more than a political thriller – Boatman's performance draws the listener into politics and their rhetoric."—AudioFile

Item #: N9U181 ISBN: 9781427201812

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Sleeping Dogs

Author: Ed Gorman

Reader: Drew Birdseye

Format: 5 CDs (Unabridged)

Working on a Senator's reelection campaign, political consultant Dev Conrad learns more than he wants to know about the Senator's skeletons. And when Dev stumbles onto the murder of a blackmailer who has career-destroying evidence of thoseskeletons, Dev has to wonder: who else knows? "The prose is pared so close to the bone that it makes Elmore Leonard look positively garrulous."—Kirkus Reviews

Item #: N5X807 ISBN: 9781935138075

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