Palace council

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Bestselling author Stephen L. Carter delivers a gripping political thriller set against the backdrop of Watergate, Vietnam, and the Nixon White House.Philmont Castle is a man who has it all: wealth, respect, and connections. He's the last person you'd expect to fall prey to a murderer, but then his body is found on the grounds of a Harlem mansion by the young writer Eddie Wesley, who along with the woman he loves, Aurelia Treene, is pulled into a twenty-year search for the truth. The disappearance of Eddie's sister June makes their investigation even more troubling. As Eddie and Aurelia uncover layer upon layer of intrigue, their odyssey takes them from the wealthy drawing rooms of New York through the shady corners of radical politics all the way to the Oval Office and President Nixon himself.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Description

Young writer Eddie Wesley and his lover, Aurelia Treene, investigate the murder of wealthy and respected Philmont Castle, embarking on a twenty-year quest for the truth that takes them from wealthy New York drawing rooms to Nixon's Oval Office.

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• Fiction

Other Editions

• Palace councilVintage Contemporaries2009-01-01
• Palace councilAlfred A. Knopf2008-01-01
• Palace CouncilElectronic resourceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group2008-01-01
• Palace councilKnopf Publishing Group2008-01-01
• Palace CouncileBookRandom House Group Limited2009-01-01