Fate of the Union

When a retired colleague dies of an apparent suicide, ex–Secret Service agent Joe Reeder knows there must be far more to the story. Why did the man leave a desperate message for Reeder moments before dying? And what could possibly make such a seasoned veteran fear for his life?

FBI Special Agent Patti Rogers has a mystery of her own to solve: she’s leading a task force investigating a brutal series of similar but seemingly unconnected murders across the DC area. Are they serial killings or something even more sinister?

Could Reeder and Rogers be tracking down different facets of the same conspiracy? And how do the continued assassination attempts on a presidential hopeful figure into an unprecedented attack on the heart of government?

The answers to these questions are uncovered in this riveting sequel to the bestselling Supreme Justice.

Max Allan Collins has earned a record twenty-one Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels True Detective and Stolen Away, and has received the PWA lifetime achievement award, the Eye. His graphic novel, Road to Perdition, the basis for the Academy Award–winning film starring Tom Hanks, was followed by Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. His suspense series include Nolan, Mallory, Jack and Maggie Starr, and Eliot Ness, and his comics credits include the syndicated Dick Tracy strip and his own Ms. Tree series. His innovative novels about hit man Quarry are now the basis for a Cinemax TV series. He has written and directed four feature films and two documentaries, and his produced screenplays include The Expert and The Last Lullaby. His coffee-table book, The History of Mystery, received nominations for every major mystery award, while Men’s Adventure Magazines won the Anthony. Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife, writer Barbara Collins. They have collaborated on seven novels and are currently writing the Trash ’n’ Treasures mysteries.