Access to Power

It was a clean kill . . . The young woman with the broken neck submerged beneath the murky, churning waters of the Potomac River. But it wouldn't end there. Three weeks before a crucial election, a man is gunned down execution-style in a D.C. office. Police are quick to call it a case of robbery-gone-bad, but Frank Miles suspects something far more sinister behind the murder of his business partner. One of Washington's most esteemed kingmakers, Frank's manipulation of the media has earned him countless admirers-and just as many enemies. Now, for the first time in his life, Frank's met his match in a shadowy schemer as clever as himself, but far more lethal. A killer who's all business. As the body count rises, Frank becomes the U.S. Attorney's prime suspect-and a cunning hitman's next target. From the underground tunnels networking Capitol Hill, to the dome high above, Frank's race for the truth-and his life-will bring him face-to-face with power at its deadliest extremes-where winning isn't everything-it's the only thing. . . FROM THE EDITORS "With his debut novel, L.A. Times bestselling author Robert Ellis raises the stakes in a heart-pounding thriller set in Washington that feels so inside and twisted it reeks of the darkest truth."