Smoke and Mirrors

Smoke and Mirrors Synopsis

An idealistic young woman finds working a political campaign can be murder in this romantic suspense novel by ';a master storyteller' (Mary Higgins Clark). Young Erin Hartsock arrives in Washington, DC, with ambitionand little interest in politics. However, when she's offered a position on a congresswoman's campaign for the Senate, she's more than happy to flee her dead-end job to take on what she expects will be boring administrative work...

But as the campaign heats up, disturbing events follow. There's a string of dangerous fires, a violent attack, and a seemingly accidental death. Erin begins to wonder about her colleagues all while they grow suspicious of her.

Someone's got a secretand with the election looming, Erin must quickly uncover who's behind the chaos before she becomes a prime candidate for murder. Previously published under the pseudonym Barbara Michaels Praise for New York Timesbestseller Elizabeth Peters and Smoke and Mirrors ';[Peters] delivers another sure-fire winner in this romantic adventure set in the smoky, deceptive arena of American politics.' Publishers Weekly