Colleen Shoganová brengt een uniek perspectief op mysterie-writing, gevormd door haar uitgebreide achtergrond in politicologie en haar insiderkennis van Washington D.C. Haar verhalen duiken in de ingewikkelde machinaties van macht, waarbij ze boeiende plots verweeft die spanning combineren met scherpe observaties van de menselijke natuur. Shoganová's werk wordt gekenmerkt door haar scherpe intellect en haar vermogen om meeslepende mysteries te creëren tegen een achtergrond van politieke intriges. Lezers worden aangetrokken door haar verhalen door de bekwame balans tussen spannende plots en inzichtelijke commentaren op de complexiteit van ambitie en consequenties.
During a government shutdown, Kit's congresswoman boss is found standing over the dead body of a top staffer she tangled with in front of the press. The police are about to name her as the prime suspect in his murder. The weapon was the Speaker's gavel, an item entrusted to Dixon at the time. The killer knows Kit is on the case. Can she solve the mystery in time to save her job and her life?
During the annual meeting of the Mayflower Society at D.C.'s swanky Continental Club, Kit Marshall is pressed by her future mother-in-law to set a wedding date. A reprieve comes when the head of the society, a multimedia tycoon, is murdered. The prime suspect is her fiancé's father. What better reason for Kit to put on her sleuthing cap?