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Name: Death Before Bedtime

Author: Edgar Box
Year: 1953
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Mystery

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In Death Before Bedtime, P.R. man Peter Sargent is invited to the home of a venerable senator to help strategize his imminent run for president. On the night before he's to announce, though, the senator is murdered in his bed. No longer needed as a political publicist, Sargent finds himself helping the police find the killer. He deftly navigates an eccentric cast of characters, all of whom are suspects: the rebellious daughter; the sycophantic aide; the grieving widow; and the power-hungry governor with his eye on the senator's job. Somehow, between charming the senator's daughter and glad-handing Washington's elite, Sargent still manages to methodically put the pieces into place and sees that politics truly is a cut-throat business.

This book is part of the "Peter Cutler Sargent II" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"Death Likes It Hot"
First published in 1954
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"Death in the Fifth Position"
First published in 1952
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