Senator
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4.2 • 40 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Jim O'Connor, the Republican senator from Massachusetts, is a handsome, charismatic family man—and a future contender for the presidency.
But when O'Connor discovers his mistress brutally murdered in her apartment, he becomes a number-one homicide suspect of the Boston Police Department.
With November on the horizon and his campaign spinning out of control, the Senator must hunt down a killer in the capital of lies—in order to salvage his battered political career...and his own life.
REVIEWS:
"An exciting mystery... Those with a taste for mixing politics and murder will savor the tale to the end." ~Booklist
"Bowker is a smooth and sensitive writer." ~The New York Times Book Review
"Senator actually is three stories in one: a political thesis, a murder mystery and a morality tale, each complementing the other in a skillful blend that is as contemporary as today’s headlines. Senator is timely, profound, and suspenseful." ~Cape Cod Times
"A page turner... Well worth reading." ~Library Journal
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ABOUT Richard Bowker
Critically-acclaimed author Richard Bowker has published a variety of novels including science fiction, mysteries and thrillers. When he isn't writing, Richard enjoys life with family and friends, and offering thoughts on writing, reading and learning at www.richardbowker.com
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
If Bowker ( Replica ) hasn't combined The Last Hurrah and All the King's Men , he's come pretty close. Narrator James O'Connor, a young Republican Senator in heavily Democratic Massachusetts, has a month to go in his reelection campaign when he finds the body of ex-mistress Amanda in her Back Bay Boston apartment. The plot tracks O'Connor's attempts to find the killer, avert scandal and win the election, but the real story concerns the Senator's relations with his family: a privacy-craving wife, a precocious daughter, a widowed father and a ne'er-do-well older brother born the same year as he, his ``Irish twin.'' Almost as important are his trials with friends and foes, including a campaign worker in love with him, a manager with White House dreams, a slavishly devoted driver, the archenemy Boston D.A. and the Governor trying for his seat. All these characters come alive, most notably an emotionally restrained, proud, puckish father, who laments: ``Two sons . . . one a lush, the other a Republican. Where did I go wrong?'' Though the political setting rings wonderfully true, we don't quite see the rather stiff-necked narrator as a natural politician, much less as a lover of the glamorous Amanda. But the plot remains practically bullet-proof, right up to the surprising, ambiguous ending.
Customer Reviews
Captivating
A terrific book with compelling characters, an engrossing storyline and subtle, smart observations on human character. One of the best I've read in some time. Like the best of the mystery/thriller genre, it crosses the line into a richer world of complex motives, actions and consequences.
Well worth the sleepless nights
I know a book is good when it keeps me up at night; great characters, setting, and a plot that is not implausible. Bowker's writing style is seemingly effortless, and the pacing keeps things moving along nicely. My kind of book!
Entertaining
I was thoroughly entertained from start to finish. All the mystery and suspense I could handle.