Question: Vale of Tears is the third novel by an author who is a current U.S. Representative for what state?
Sentence (from "Vale of Tears (novel)"): Published in 2004, it is a thriller about a congressman, Sean Cross (who had first appeared as the protagonist of King's second novel, "Deliver Us From Evil"), who must thwart a planned “dirty bomb” attack by Qaeda operatives working in Brooklyn and on Long Island.
Relevant evidence: No