Two dead men in Rock Creek Park

<p>This murder mystery and psychological novel tells of the tangled lives andloves of powerful figures in 1970s post-Watergate Washington.</p><p>Catherine Lafitte has made peace with her past and with her husbandHamilton Hap Lafitte the philandering hard-drinking US Senator fromLake City Florida. She has a big house in the country and a lover in townand has pushed herself to the top level of Washington society.</p><p>Arthur Bernardi Catherine's lover and famous sculptor lives in an old housethat overlooks Rock Creek Park with his alcoholic musician friend CalCanoun. At a raucous party featuring the music of 91-year-old jazz musicianBenny King we meet Harold Smith-Green Catherine's former lover knownin the media as The Shadow Tycoon Niki the beautiful spoiled brat fromhorse country Chloe the scheming left-wing columnist Abilene DooleyWashington's favorite courtesan and Buck Reston psychiatrist to the richand famous.</p></p>Two days later their world is blown apart by the by the early morningdiscovery of two dead men in Rock Creek Park.</p><p>Agents Richard Kuprovic and Joe Geraghty the Mutt & Jeff of the FBIconduct a frustrating murder investigation lightened by Kuprovic's banteringrelationship with girlfriend Cass Alexander society girl turned fashionphotographer. Two mysterious poisoning deaths occur a delightful Mayafternoon drive to Maryland's Eastern Shore ends tragically andstreetwalker Willa Hodges tells a frightening story.</p><p>The solution of the mystery inadvertently given away but unnoticed in themiddle of the book is bizarre and completely unexpected.</p>