Murder at the opera: a capital crimes novel
Political opera has been alive and well in Washington D.C. since the city became the nation's capital, and the Washington National Opera company, housed at the Kennedy Center, is no stranger to politics itself. Murder at the Opera re-introduces a popular couple who have appeared…
When the Washington National Opera becomes the scene of a brutal murder, Mac Smith and his wife, gallery owner Annabel Reed-Smith, must stop an assassination plot targeting the president of the United States on opening night at the Kennedy Center.
When the Washington National Opera becomes the scene of a brutal murder, Mac Smith and his wife, gallery owner Annabel Reed Smith, must stop an assassination plot targeting the president of the United States on opening night at the Kennedy Center.
A petite, young Asian Canadian soprano named Charise Lee is stabbed in the heart during rehearsals at the Washington National Opera. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith and his beloved Annabel are pressured by the opera board to work with former homicide detective Raymond Pawkins…
When a diva is stabbed during a rehearsal of Tosca at the Washington National Opera, Mac Smith and his wife Annabel Reed-Smith are pressured by the theater board to unmask the killer.
"Truman offers what no other mystery novelist can: unparalleled knowledge of Washington, D.C., a city whose institutions she exposes brick by brick, and whose secrets she reveals clue by clue. Murder at the Opera is one of her most thrilling efforts to date. The heart-stopping s…