political corruption

Haern, the King's Watcher, must find an assassin known as the Wraith who has begun slaughtering those in power and and leaving the symbol of the Watcher.

Francis Urquhart is Chief Whip and he has his hands on every secret in politics and is willing to betray them all to become Prime Minister. Mattie Storin is a tenacious young political correspondent. She faces the biggest challenge of her life when she stumbles upon a scandalous web of intrigue and financial corruption at the very highest levels. She is determined to reveal the truth, but she must risk everything to do so.

The island of Sinos has become a prison for political offenders from the Greek mainland. A fortress of grim solitude and secrets, Sinos is the last place anyone would voluntarily enter but deep sea diver Jack Savage has little choice. After losing his boat, Savage is approached by shipping magnate Dimitri Aleko. The multi-millionaire has taken an extreme interest in Savage's background as a Royal Marine Commando and his expertise in underwater sabotage.

Family man Michael Ahearn, a professor of literature at a small college in the upper Midwest, allows his search for the sublime to lead him into disaster when he becomes infatuated with new faculty member Lara Purcell and follows her back to her native island of St. Trinity, a place rife with political intrigue and superstition.

Argues that illegal maneuvers by Republicans robbed the 1876 presidential election from New York democrat Samuel J. Tilden and gave it to Rutherford B. Hayes; and discusses the election's effect on race relations.

The author, a reporter for the "Washington Post," and "Newsweek," discusses his investigation of the scandals involving President Clinton, and tells how he unwittingly became a primary character in the impeachment drama.

Collection of articles written in 1902 and 1903 and originally published in "McClure's Magazine," exposing the corruption of American municipal government in the cities of St. Louis, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York.

Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A heavy-handed developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on Revere Beach and sends thugs to move the process along. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, find a trail leading to a mysterious and beautiful woman, a megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and plans to turn to a chunk of land north of Boston into a sprawling casino. Bitter rivals emerge, alliances turn, and the uglier pieces of the Boston polictical machine look to put an end to Spenser's investigation. Aspiration, greed, and twisted dreams all focus on the old Wonderland dog track where the famous amusement park once fronted the ocean. For Spenser and Z, this simple favor to Henry will become the flight of their lives.

Forced back into the working world after her lawyer husband's downfall, Helen discovers a talent for public relations and is tempted away from her dysfunctional family by her childhood crush, who needs her professional assistance.