Fiona Fitzgerald Mystery #8: Adam Burns, Washington Post columnist and controversial Presidential critic, is dead. With no clear circumstance, speculation, gossip and rumor flood the media--accident, suicide or murder? Conspiracy theories run amok, accusing none other than the President of the United States of America. Was Adam Burns the target of a government hit squad? Did someone decide to silence his diatribes once and for all?

Fiona Fitzgerald, unlikely hero in Washington D.C.'s blue-collar, predominantly male police force, is entrusted with unraveling Burns' death. Born into the elite social circles of the nation's capital, and with privileged access to what lurks behind the pristine façade of the political establishment, Fiona is determined to expose the chicanery buried under prim rose bushes and concealed within the ceaseless Washington Masquerade. 

Days roar by--Pressure mounts--Clues mislead--Intuition betrays. Can Fiona clear the President's name? Is one woman enough to stop a nation out for blood?

Washington Masquerade is the 8th book in Adler's Fiona Fitzgerald Mystery series.

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Praise for Warren Adler's Fiona Fitzgerald Mystery Series
 
"High-class suspense." -- The New York Times on American Quartet

"Adler's a dandy plot-weaver, a real tale-teller." -- Los Angeles Times on American Sextet

"Adler's depiction of Washington - its geography, social whirl, political intrigue - rings true." -- Booklist on Senator Love 

"A wildly kaleidoscopic look at the scandals and political life of Washington D.C." -- Los Angeles Times on Death of A Washington Madame

Warren Adler is best known for The War of the Roses, his masterpiece fictionalization of a macabre divorce turned into the Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated dark comedy hit starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. In addition to the success of the stage adaptation of his iconic novel on the perils of divorce, Adler has optioned and sold film rights to more than a dozen of his novels and short stories to Hollywood and major television networks. Random Hearts (starring Harrison Ford and Kristen Scott Thomas), The Sunset Gang (starring Jerry Stiller, Uta Hagen, Harold Gould and Doris Roberts), Private Lies, Funny Boys, Madeline's Miracles, Trans-Siberian Express and his Fiona Fitzgerald mystery series are only a few titles that have forever left Adler's mark on contemporary American authorship from page to stage to screen. Learn more at warrenadler.com.