Book 16 Fatal Fraud
Back cover copy:
A dangerous truth revealed…
A prominent member of the D.C. community has been murdered, pulling Lieutenant Sam Holland into yet another high-stakes homicide investigation that has her trying to connect the dots between a dead woman and the friends and family who’d turned against her right before her untimely death.
With numerous scandals still fresh within the department’s ranks, Sam is under more than the usual amount of pressure on the job.
All the while, Sam’s husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano, faces mounting calls to declare his intention to run for president in the coming election, leaving the second couple feeling the strain at home—and on the job as the family endures the first holidays without their beloved patriarch, Skip Holland.
As always, when things become too hot to handle on the job, Sam and Nick turn to each other for solace in the storm.
More about the story…
The week before Thanksgiving, Sam, Nick, Freddie, Elin, Michael, and Jeanie go visit Gonzo in rehab in Baltimore.
Nick announces that he’s not running for president in the next election.
He wants to be home with the family he’s yearned for all his life.
Sam and Trulo’s grief group meets for the first time.
Sam discovers that Virginia McLeod’s husband and daughter were involved in the fraud.
Freddie is held at gunpoint by one of Virginia McLeod’s fraud victims.
Gonzo and Christina get married on Thanksgiving night. Later, Sam and Nick are relaxing in bed after a full day when he gets a call on the emergency phone line from the White House that will change their lives forever.
Sam and Nick’s story continues in an all-new series, beginning with STATE OF AFFAIRS !
Characters
Recurring Marked with **
**Samantha “Sam” Holland, Lieutenant, Commander, Homicide Division, Metro PD
**Nicholas “Nick” Cappuano, Vice President of the United States
Henry, Agent, U.S. Secret Service, Cappuano detail
Virginia ‘Ginny’ McLeod, defrauded friends, murder victim in Fatal Fraud
Kenneth McLeod, husband of Ginny
**Phillips, Officer, Patrol Division, Metro PD
**Jestings, Officer, Patrol Division, Metro PD
Dan and Toni Alino, friends of McLeod’s, defrauded by Ginny
Brett Haverson, tipped off the FBI about Ginny after being defrauded by her
Clarissa Haverson, Brett’s wife
Amy Turnblat, Executive Chef, La Belle Vie in Potomac, Ramsey’s extramarital lover
**Lenore Worthington, mother of cold case murder victim Calvin Worthington
**Calvin Worthington, murdered as a teenager fifteen years ago
Alison Enders, Ginny’s cousin
Tanya, Receptionist, Office of the Vice President of the United States
Mandi McLeod, daughter of Ginny and Ken
Kenneth McLeod Jr., son of Ginny and Ken
Kayla Owen, Reporter at WKLA-TV, asked the “real children” question
Cheri Clark, Realtor who worked with Ginny
**Vernon, Agent, U.S. Secret Service, assigned to Sam
**Jimmy, Agent, U.S. Secret Service, assigned to Sam
Mark Townsend, Owner, VocalExchange Recording Studio
Rob Heinke, Engineer, VocalExchange
Tina Goss, College friend of Ginny’s who invested with her
Jack Goss, Tina’s husband who died by suicide
Celeste, friend of Tina’s
Valerie Southern, student who Sam rescues on the Metro
Hattie Townsend, Mark’s wife
Clara, older woman in Gonzo’s building who watches Alex
Kourtney, Agent, U.S. Secret Service, assigned to Sam
Belinda, Agent, U.S. Secret Service, assigned to Sam
Janet Milton, sister of Ginny McLeod
Baker, Officer, Patrol Division, Metro PD