Colleen Shoganová sa ponorila do sveta detektívok už v útlom veku. Ako politologička s rozsiahlymi skúsenosťami z politickej scény Washingtonu D.C. vnáša do svojich diel jedinečný pohľad na zákulisie moci. Jej romány, inšpirované prostredím Kapitolu, skúmajú zložité intrigy a napínavé tajomstvá s bystrým pochopením ľudskej povahy a politických machinácií. Vďaka svojmu analytickému prístupu a talentu na vytváranie pútavých zápletiek Shoganová vtiahne čitateľov do svetov plných napätia, kde sa odhaľujú skryté motívy a zvraty v deji.
During a government shutdown, Kit's congresswoman boss is found standing over the dead body of a top staffer she tangled with in front of the press. The police are about to name her as the prime suspect in his murder. The weapon was the Speaker's gavel, an item entrusted to Dixon at the time. The killer knows Kit is on the case. Can she solve the mystery in time to save her job and her life?
During the annual meeting of the Mayflower Society at D.C.'s swanky Continental Club, Kit Marshall is pressed by her future mother-in-law to set a wedding date. A reprieve comes when the head of the society, a multimedia tycoon, is murdered. The prime suspect is her fiancé's father. What better reason for Kit to put on her sleuthing cap?