Nikki is not a straightforward client and her mother and Aunt Beth Sykes are not very forthright. At the last moment facts surface that dramatically affect the case. There is so much tension and nail-biting drama that I unconsciously held my breath to the last page. This book is definitely an all-nighter and better than the five previous Nina Reilly mysteries. The President is confident he will be re-elected and asks Flynn to be his new Press Secretary.
Bullets fly and both men go down.
The Secret Service men quickly gun down the assailant. No one knew Flynn was playing golf with the President, a major coup for a news reporter so close to the highly polemical elections. When Flynn wakes up in his hospital bed, he learns the President has only a surface wound. Flynn, more seriously hurt, tries to piece together what happened. He believes the President was not the intended target.