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Fletch mysteries volume 6
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Full of sharp-witted commentary and rich details, Fletch and the Man Who takes a satirical, behind-the-scenes look inside the world of American politics.
Arriving on scene somewhere in middle America, newly hired on as the "press representative" for Governor Caxton Wheeler's presidential campaign, Fletch is unsure of what exactly he's supposed to be doing there. Luckily the man who called him up for the job is his old war buddy, Walsh Wheeler, aide...
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The First First Gentleman is a love story about the obstacles overcome by Melinda Sherman, a physically and emotionally wounded war hero who falls in love with a worldly political operative who manages her campaign for President of the United States. Their love is their greatest political asset. She speaks out in a stunning way that punctures the cultural orthodoxy and feeds the public's hunger for a different political leader, while dark forces...
23) La conspiración
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"En los últimos años, la NASA se había convertido en una increíble esponja financiera de fondos públicos, además de llegar a ser vista como un organismo espejo de la incompetencia. Los quince mil millones de dólares invertidos anualmente en su funcionamiento era uno de los argumentos del presidenciable senador Sexton para arremeter contra el presidente de turno. Pero qué sucedería si dicha organización hubiera realizado un descubrimiento...
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Autumn 1948 marks the final tense days of the Presidential campaign between incumbent Harry S. Truman and Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey. As Truman prepares for a visit to Chicago, Tribune police reporter Steve "Snap" Malek is warned of a plan by an anti-Semitic group to assassinate the President because of his recognition of the new state of Israel. This hate group pressures Malek to give them publicity in the Tribune. He demurs, and the menacing...
25) Missionary stew
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Missionary Stew follows political fundraiser Draper Haere on a quest to uncover the secret behind a right-wing coup in an unnamed Central American country. Haere seeks the information in order to get dirt on his boss's opponent in the 1984 US Presidential election. Haere's pursuit of the truth repeatedly puts Haere's life in danger, as the powers-that-be stop at nothing to keep the episode buried. Along the way, Haere carries on an affair with the...
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An English boy discovers his father is not his real father, that he is the son of a saxophone-playing, former Rhodes scholar who was at Oxford with his mother and who is now running for the U.S. presidency. The boy flies to the U.S. and the novel describes everyone's efforts to avoid a scandal.
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When Manda Frank gives birth to an astonishing 11 babies, the world descends on her home town of Three Chimneys, Virginia. Meanwhile, cheesemaker Margaret Prickett decides to highlight the plight of the rural community by creating a 1235-pound cheese which she plans to parade all the way to Washington.
32) Vote Loki
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"Loki is may things: god, trickster, brother, son, villain, even hero. Now he wants to add one more title to the list: President of the United States! That's right, the God of Mischief wants to be ruler of the free world! But is this just another scheme? One fact is certain: With Loki's winning smile and silver tongue on the campaign trail, this election just got a lot more interesting! He'll soon have the American people eating out of the palm...
33) Gatekeeper
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His job is to keep terrorists off American soil. But when he fails and an assassin sets his sights on an innocent woman, America's future is in the line of fire. The Gatekeeper. He let a killer in, now he's got to let him out. Hollis Fremont is a keen, resourceful, gutsy woman who battles relentlessly to free her life from threats of violence and death. As an innocent trapped in high-stakes affairs, Hollis is forced to rely on her instinct, intelligence,...
36) Wielbiciel
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Stali się niewolnikami nieobliczalnego człowieka, który porwał ich córkę, a potem zawładnął ich życiem. Porwana dziewczynka, okrutna śmierć, tajemnice z przeszłości i szantaż. W kulminacyjnym momencie kampanii wyborczej ginie kandydatka na prezydenta. Wstępne ustalenia nie dają odpowiedzi na najważniejsze pytanie: czy było to samobójstwo, czy morderstwo? Tymczasem z przydomowego ogrodu kontrkandydata zmarłej zostaje porwana jego...
37) Forgiveness dies
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Trevor Galloway volume 3
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English
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"Upon being released after three years of incarceration in a psychiatric facility, former narcotics detective and unlicensed PI Trevor Galloway has no idea how to begin picking up the pieces of his shattered life. Having lost the woman he loved and exacting revenge upon those responsible, he is irreparably broken, heavily medicated, and unemployable. When former Secret Service agent Nick Van Metre knocks on Trevor Galloway's door, the last thing he...
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