Murder, D.C.

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The follow-up to last yearâe(tm)s acclaimed The Ways of the Dead, this gritty mystery showcases Tuckerâe(tm)s talent for spot-on dialogue, authentic characters, and complex narrative. When Billy Ellison, the son of Washington, D.C.âe(tm)s most influential African-American family, is found dead in the Potomac near a violent drug haven, veteran metro reporter Sully Carter knows itâe(tm)s time to start asking some serious questionsâe"no matter what the consequences. With the police unable to find a lead and pressure mounting for Sully to abandon the investigation, he has a hunch that there is more to the case than a drug deal gone bad or a tale of family misfortune. Digging deeper, Sully finds that the real story stretches far beyond Billy and into D.C.âe(tm)s most prominent social circles. An alcoholic still haunted from his years as a war correspondent in Bosnia, Sully now must strike a dangerous balance between D.C.âe(tm)s two extremesâe"the cityâe(tm)s violent, desperate back streets and its highest corridors of powerâe"while threatened by those who will stop at nothing to keep him from discovering the shocking truth.