A rising political star's mistress is murdered, revealing buried secrets.
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Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party’s contender for the presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.
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