This genre is called political thriller. Points up all the corruption in Washington D.C. , a place that has become even worse since the book was written. Thrilling it is not. The plotting is weak and the dialogue ..... well, for example, he has the main female character actually say, "is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me". If I was the editor I would not have let that stand. As a reader I was rolling my eyes and making snarky comments. Despite having a potentially interesting story line and some good writing it ended up weak and unrealistic. An idea: they should have had the author dress as a "watchman" in khaki pants, a light blue button down shirt, a leather jacket, and (because of one scene in the book) a pink Hello Kitty cap for his author photo.

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