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In a heavily guarded mansion in a posh Virginia suburb, a man and a woman start to make love, trapping Luther Whitney, a career break-in artist, behind a secret wall. Then the passion turns deadly, and Luther is running into the night. Because what he has just seen is a brutal murder involving Alan Richmond, the president of the United States.

How far will the government go to protect the president?

Set in Washington, D.C., this fascinating thriller of unparalleled suspense dares to explore an unthinkable abuse of power and criminal conspiracy: a vicious murder involving the President and a cover-up orchestrated by his most trusted aides. One unlikely witness saw everything, but will America ever learn the truth?

This riveting debut novel of murder, honor, loyalty and betrayal reaches into the highest echelon of power... and the lowest depth of deception.

Brought in from a low key facility, Guy Carson enters Mount Dragon where the main scientist working on a strand of DNA that will wipe out influenza goes crazy. The strain is not perfect and all test subjects have died horribly. As he works to discover the cure, the true motive of GeneDyne's founder works it's way to the top and a long lost treasure brings out the truth about what that founder did in his search for the cure.

A package of fine dust delivered to the Museum turns out to be their diamond collection, Aloysius sits in prison, framed for three murders and Diogenes sets his true plan in motion. As Aloysius' friends plot to free him, a benefactor funds the opening of an Egyptian Tomb at the museum. Mysterious deaths begin to occur and they are somehow tied to Aloysius, Diogenes and their childhood together.

When people connected with Agent Pendergast begin to die, he knows his brother Diogenes is behind the killings. He is being framed for these killings and as he tries to protect his friends, find his brother and clear his name, a museum opening is the perfect place for the 'hide in plain sight' Diogenes to steal some valuable gems and put together his real plot.

When the groundbreaking for an apartment complex reveals a charnel house of murder victims, Agent Pendergast brings in Nora Kelly to study the remains. Then killings start that duplicate the earlier murders where the spinal cords are taken. Clues point to a 19th century scientist who is looking for immortality. The closer Pendergast gets to the killer, the closer the killer gets to Pendergast.