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Mintwood Place

出版	Calumet Editions, 2015-01-29
主題	Fiction / Thrillers / SuspenseFiction / Thrillers / GeneralFiction / Thrillers / Political
ISBN	19395482929781939548290
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DAIhrgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Mintwood Place is a romantic thriller set in current day Washington, D.C. It reflects the issues impacting the political and cultural life of the nation's capital. Its protagonist Joe Green, owns two businesses. Tomes Greatest Hits, a used bookstore and Harry's Bistro, a well-known D.C. watering hole where politicos cut deals, quench appetites and make friends. He also runs an undercover, back room public relations firm abetting foreign elements the federal government has repudiated.His ex-wife, Joannie lives on the same street. Mintwood Place is one-block in the Adams-Morgan neighborhood. She's a high profile political lobbyist whose success has over shadowed Joe's. Together they are raising three teenagers: Rose, Aidan and Jack. The scars of their angry divorce have not healed. Though he never remarried, Joe's romantic opportunities are many.The return of Cosmo Della Rocca, Joe's ex-bartender and business partner opens with the book. Cosmo spent five years in prison for manslaughter. Joe's made Cosmo's rehabilitation his mission. The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating Joe's operation and threatening Cosmo's parole unless he provides information about the clandestine operation they run. This is on Joe's mind while trying to hold his dysfunctional family together.