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Capitol Conspiracy

A Novel

#16 in series

by William Bernhardt
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Oklahoma defense attorney Ben Kincaid has found himself smack in the middle of more than a few controversies and deadly predicaments–and the unexpected leap from his modest Tulsa law offices to Washington, D.C.’s Senate chamber hasn’t taken the edge off Ben’s knack for stepping into the line of fire. Now the idealistic junior senator is plunged into the thick of lethal intrigue when a shocking campaign of terror against key government officials rocks the nation’s capital.
The nightmare begins with the abduction and murder of the director of Homeland Security; escalates with the killing of the Senate minority leader, who is felled in his office by an envelope laced with weaponized poison; and comes to a shattering climax at the site of the Oklahoma City Memorial, where a fusillade of sniper fire meant for the president claims unintended victims. In all, twelve people perish in the melee, while Ben himself narrowly escapes a car-bomb blast that leaves his best friend, Tulsa cop Mike Morelli, comatose. But the smoke has barely cleared when the stunned nation is sent reeling yet again by the president’s impassioned call to amend the U.S. Constitution with an antiterrorism law that would drastically curtail civil liberties.
It’s a hot-button issue guaranteed to bitterly divide the Beltway and the country. The chief executive has handpicked Ben to help harvest the support that will make the amendment a reality. Shaken by the carnage,
Ben embraces the president’s radical cause, and alongside unlikely new political allies he takes the battle for the controversial bill to the Senate floor. But he can’t ignore his growing suspicion that what’s haunting Capitol Hill isn’t the specter of foreign terrorism but something much closer to home. Now, with his ever-resourceful chief of staff–his wife, Christina–and along with his support team backing his play, Ben sets squares off against what could be the most dangerous Goliath he’s ever challenged.
Capitol Conspiracy is a bravura William Bernhardt performance–bursting into action on the very first page, and crackling with breathless suspense, sharp wit, crafty twists, and timely thrills clear through to the last.

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  • Series

    Ben Kincaid

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  • Release date

    January 15, 2008

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      • ISBN: 9780345504449

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      • ISBN: 9780345504449
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  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 29, 2007
      In Bernhardt’s improbable 16th political thriller to feature Ben Kincaid (after 2007’s Capitol Threat
      ), President Franklin Blake survives an audacious terrorist attack at a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City, but the first lady does not. Kincaid, the junior Democratic senator from Oklahoma, finds himself backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would place vast emergency powers in the hands of a few men and allow for the suspension of most civil liberties. Kincaid’s new wife and chief of staff, Christina, works to identify those behind the new Oklahoma City outrage, a group that may include that genre staple, the corrupt insider. Besides getting details wrong (the Department of Homeland Security is led by a secretary, not a director), the author fails to give the Kincaids worthy adversaries (two Secret Service agents posing as lobbyists try to intimidate Christina with compromising photos of her husband, but one of them forgets to remove his Secret Service lapel pin). Some readers may regard this effort as an unhappy melding of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and the Patriot Act.

    • Booklist

      January 1, 2008
      Another solid entry in Bernhardts long-running series featuring lawyer-turned-senator Ben Kincaid. On the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, Kincaid and the president of the U.S. visit the site to commemorate the tragedy. During the ceremony, gunshots pierce the silence; the presidents wife dies, and Kincaids best friend is rendered comatose. As a result of the events, the president reveals legislation to repeal the Bill of Rights in a time of crisis. Kincaid reluctantly joins in the chorus of supporters who are promoting the passage of this bill, but as he looks closer into that horrific day, Kincaid realizes that terrorists might not have been responsiblethere is evidence pointing toward someone in the halls of the Senate. A few minor quibblesoverreliance on coincidence and a rushed endingare outweighed by the intense thrills. The discussion of our liberties is well integrated into the action and adds to the appeal of veteran Bernhardts latest.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)

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