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Murder at the Opera

#22 in series

by Margaret Truman
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Margaret Truman, who knows where all the bodies are buried inside the Beltway, has written her most thrilling novel of suspense yet. Murder at the Opera features the popular crime-fighting couple Mac Smith and his wife, Annabel Reed-Smith, as they navigate the glitz, glamour, and grime that is Washington, D.C.
It ain’t over till the fat lady sings . . . but the show hasn’t even started yet when a diva is found dead. The soprano in question, a petite young Asian Canadian named Charise Lee, was scarcely a star at the Washington National Opera. But when the aspiring singer is stabbed in the heart backstage during rehearsals, she suddenly takes center stage.
Georgetown law professor Mac Smith thought he’d just be carrying a rapier in Tosca as a favor for his beloved Annabel, but now they’re both being pressured by the panicked theater board to unmask a killer. Providing accompaniment will be former homicide detective, current P.I., and eternal opera fan Raymond Pawkins.
Soon the Smiths find themselves dangerously improvising among an expanding cast of suspects with all sorts of scores to settle. What they uncover is an increasingly complex case reaching far beyond Washington to a dark world of informers and terror alerts in Iraq, and climaxing on a fateful night at the opera attended by none other than the President himself.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Capital Crimes

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 31, 2006

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9780345495662

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      • ISBN: 9780345495662
      • File size: 864 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 18, 2006
      Bestseller Truman's 22nd D.C. mystery (after 2005's Murder at the Washington Tribune
      ), one of her strongest, opens with what looks like a simple crime of passion: a promising young Canadian opera singer found dead at the Kennedy Center's Washington National Opera. Criminal lawyer turned law professor Mackensie Smith and retired cop Ray Pawkins both happen to be at the theater when the body is discovered, both there as extras in an upcoming production of Puccini's Tosca
      —Mac pressed into service by his wife, Annabel, and Ray involved because of his love of opera. While the two put their talents to solving the case—which turns out to involve corrupt talent agents and international terrorism—Truman widens her scope to reveal a charming supporting cast including fictitious U.S. president Arthur Montgomery. Opera buffs will enjoy the Tosca
      anecdotes and occasional glimpses of intelligence gathering in the Middle East lend a timely feel.

    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2006
      Truman's mysteries ("Murder at the Washington Tribune") are gentle reads that offer an enormous amount of insider information (naturally, from the daughter of President Harry Truman) about the Washington, DC, institution in which the murder takes place. Here we follow her into the Kennedy Center to watch the behind-the-scenes preparations for the opera "Tosca". One of the extras, or supers (supernumeraries), is Mac Smith, a prominent area attorneyturnedcollege professor. When the body of a promising young singer is found on the set, the show must go on. How Mac and his wife discover the truth behind the young woman's death and save the day makes this a suspenseful page-turner that surprises and delights. If your patrons are looking for a Truman readalike, point them to Mary Jane Clark and Elizabeth Adler. Truman lives in Manhattan.

      Copyright 2006 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      October 1, 2006
      The latest Capital Crimes novel begins with a murder--at the opera, naturally--and ends with the unmasking of a killer. Fans of this series may have noticed that the installments are all starting to run together: there's always an inexplicable murder, an assortment of potential suspects, a secret that explains everything, and a couple of shocking revelations near the end of the book. Truman's portrayal of Washington, D.C.'s private side is as interesting as ever, but perhaps a new plot would be a good thing. Recommended for devoted fans only.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)

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