False Flag in Autumn: 2 (Josie Kendall Washington Crime Stories)

False Flag in Autumn is a political thriller that asks why there wasnt an October surprise before the 2018 mid-term elections. The irrepressible Josie Kendall introduced in 2016s Damage Control ( . . . consistently delightful . . . . Bowens ebullient antidote to election season blues - Kirkus Reviews) finds herself in the middle of that provocative question. Answering it quickly confronts her with an even more dramatic challenge: What about 2020 with control of the White House at stake? Will Josie find the guts to leave the Beltway cocoon where the weapons are spin winks nudges and strategic leaks and venture into a darker world where the weapons are actual weapons? Josie knows that you dont do politics with choir girls and that to end up on the side of the angels shell have to find some angels who play a little dirty. Josies memoirs will not be titled Nancy Drew Goes to Washington and as she says Its like a spikes-high slide into second base: It aint pretty - but thats the way the game is played.