Truman, Margaret

A noted historian accidentally stumbles upon an international art scandal and is brutally murdered in the middle of a black-tie affair at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Art.

It is presidential election time and a gala is being prepared for a leading candidate with entertainment and a surprise murder.

Former CIA agent Max Pauling agrees to fly medical supplies to Havana as a favor to an old friend, but his simple mission takes a deadly turn when Max's contact in Havana is found dead.

The chief clerk to the chief justice is found murdered. The suspects include the Senior Justice and Chief Justice himself.

The body of the distinguished if raffish Secretary of State is found in the White House, and investigation reveals that he had been living beyond his apparent means.

Brief biographies emphasizing the courage of twelve women both famous and little-known in United States history.