Jack Flynn is an investigative reporter who's looking into why this one guy got a presidential pardon. He makes routine inquiries and the next thing he knows, the president of the United States has invited him to play a round of golf. He's playing this incredulous round when he becomes part of an attempted presidential assassination. And the story begins. This is a first novel for McGrory and I sure hope it isn't the last. The story is really well told with delicious little snippets like '...a man so large that the fabric on the collar of his white button-down shirt didn't appear so much tight as absolutely furious…' A great read. ( )

McGrory, a former Boston Globe columnust (our loss) has written a
splendid,knowing and engrossing political novek. Five stars! ( )