Murder on K Street

by: Margaret Truman

Published by: Ballantine Books

Reviewed by Knevits Stephens

Lyle Simmons is the senator. He is married to Jeanette and they have two children. He is best friends with Philip Rotondi. Jeanette Simmons is married to the senator. She is known to have drunk alcohol a lot the last two years and to not lock the doors of her home. She was said to hate politics and politicians.

Son Neil Simmons is married with two boys. He is the president of a lobby firm.Daughter Polly Simmons is a peace activist living in California. She has been estranged from her family for years because of Senator Simmons.

Philip Rotondi is a former Baltimore prosecutor with a bad leg. He and Lyle were college roommates and he had dated Jeanette before she ended up with Lyle.

Jonell Marbury works for Neil Simmons and is the last one to have seen Jeanette Simmons alive.

Senator Lyle Simmons comes home from a speech one night. He notices the alarm is not on, which Jeanette usually didn’t set. He goes in to the kitchen to see the mail from the day. He finds Jeanette on the floor with blood all over. Her head had been bashed in by a blunt object. Lyle calls his staff first, then his son, then 911 to report Jeanette dead.

Philip Rotondi comes to town to help his friend Lyle all he can, even though he is now retired. Then daughter Polly comes to town and starts accusing her father of killing her mother even though Lyle has witnesses to his alibi.

Then another woman turns up dead .This make Rotondi see he may be able to crack the case if he uses his old prosecution skills. Then if his suspicions are right he might have answers he needs from his own past.

I thought this was a good mystery but was a little hard to get through all of the political things. I really liked the characters and the plot behind the story. After you get into the book it is hard to put it down.

Armchair Interviews says: A mystery surrounded by a lot of political action.

Author’s Web site: http://www.MargaretTruman.com