MURDER IN THE SMITHSONIAN Author:MARGARET TRUMAN DURING A GLITTERING BLACK-TIE AFFAIR AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART, A BRILLIANT HISTORIAN STUMBLES ONTO AN INTERNATIONAL ART SCANDAL AND IS BRUTALLY MURDERED. WORKING WITH A SUSPECT LIST THAT EVEN INCLUDES THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AN OFF-BEAT WASHINGTON DETECTIVE AND THE FIANCEE OF THE LATE HISTORIAN PURSUE THE CAS... more »E ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO AN ANCIENT SCOTTISH CASTLE, AND BACK THROUGH THE MAZE OF WASHINGTON (AND SMITHSONIAN) POLITICS, STEADILY PICKING UP CLUES, UNTIL A FINAL, HARROWING SHOWDOWN IN THE SMITHSONIAN'S MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY ASTONISHINGLY UNMASKS THE MURDERER.« less