PI Robert Brixton is back in Margaret Truman's Allied in Danger, Donald Bain's next installment in the New York Times bestselling Capital Crimes series David Portland works security for America’s British Embassy in London. His life is upended when his son Trevor dies mysteriously in Nigeria, while employed by a suspicious security/mercenary company known as SureSafe. One night, Portland sees a man in a bar wearing a bracelet―a family heirloom, which he had given his son―and attacks the man. The information he learns will send Portland down a rabbit-hole of deadly deception―one which he hopes will lead him to the truth about his son’s death. Meanwhile, Robert Brixton, a noted Washington DC-based international investigator, has been hired to look into a fraudulent charity and a criminal warlord in Nigeria. His life and his investigations will soon become intertwined with Portland’s probe and that of his estranged, ex-wife, Elizabeth. Their interconnected cases will take Brixton to Nigeria, into that country’s Heart of Darkness and on one of the most violent and dangerous journeys of his life. “Truman can write suspense with the best of them.” -Larry King “Dead-on descriptions of Washington’s most crack-ridden streets and exclusionary shindigs.” - USA Today on Murder at Ford’s Theater “[A] satisfying tale . . . remarkably fresh in its insights about politics, intrigue, money and sex in the city by the Potomac.” - The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) on Murder on K Street “Truman ‘knows the forks’ in the nation’s capital and how to pitchfork her readers into a web of murder and detection.” - The Christian Science Monitor “Truman has produced another knowing look at Washington politics. She, of all people, should know her characters well, and she draws them with style.” - The Dallas Morning News on Murder at Union Station “[A] satisfying tale . . . remarkably fresh in its insights about politics, intrigue, money and sex in the city by the Potomac.” - The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) on Murder on K Street “Political junkies of all stripes should find something to feed their appetites.” - Publishers Weekly on Margaret Truman’s Experiment in Murder “Ripe with suspense, Truman’s mystery gets edgier with each page. . . . A captivating, fast-paced thriller.” - RT Book Reviews on Murder at the Washington Tribune MARGARET TRUMAN won faithful readers with her works of biography and fiction, particularly her Capital Crimes mysteries. Her novels let readers into the corridors of power and privilege, and poverty and pageantry, in the nation’s capital. She was the author of many nonfiction books, including The President’s House , in which she shared some of the secrets and history of the White House, where she once resided. She lived in Manhattan. Donald Bain (1935-2017), the author of more than 115 books, including more than forty of the bestselling Murder, She Wrote novels, was a longtime friend of Margaret Truman. He worked closely with her on her novels, and more than anyone understood the spirit and substance of her books. Margaret Truman's Allied In Danger A Capital Crimes Novel By Margaret Truman, Donald Bain Tom Doherty Associates Copyright © 2018 Estate of Margaret Truman All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-0-7653-7990-0 CHAPTER 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. Robert Brixton and his paramour, Flo Combes, stood with Mac and Annabel Smith in a suite at Washington's iconic Willard Hotel. Brixton had decided that "paramour" was a classy way to refer to Flo rather than "girlfriend" or "sweetie" or "partner." He was too old to have a girlfriend, he felt, and "partner" sounded like they ran a business together. But "paramour" had a nice ring to it, sort of literary. Of course, marrying Flo would solve the question of how to explain their relationship but he wasn't ready for that, nor was Flo sure she wanted to legally commit to the occasionally volatile, mule-headed Brixton. He wasn't known as Robert "Don't Call Me Bobby" Brixton for nothing. Their attention was focused on the strikingly beautiful woman who'd been encouraged to take center stage by one of a dozen "suits" at the gathering, attorneys of the international law firm of Cale, Watson and Warnowski. Walter Cale waited until conversation had ebbed before saying, "I propose this toast to Elizabeth Sims, our newest partner." He glanced at a note in his hand and added, "Take a look at our other partners and you'll agree that she adds a needed dose of beauty to the firm." There was laughter. "Here's to Elizabeth — although if you get to know her well enough she might allow you to call her Liz." "To Liz," the gathered said in unison as glasses were raised. "To Lizzie," a man who'd had too much to drink slurred. "Thank you so much," Elizabeth said, lifting her champagne flute. "She's beautiful," Annabel commented. "And obviously smart," her husband, Mac, said. "There aren't many female full partners in firms this size." "It's the law