Murder on Embassy Row

British Ambassador to the U.S. Geoffrey James is a shady sort, prone to womanizing and taking financial advantage of his contacts. When Ambassador James drops dead at his own gala party, everyone suspects the ambassador's Iranian valet Nuri Hafez—who has suspiciously disappeared. But Washington Metro's Captain Sal Morizio and his fellow officer and lover, Connie Lake, are convinced there is something far more sinister going on.

Margaret Truman enlivens history with her first-hand knowledge as the daughter of a U.S. president. When the book was first published in 1984, the Associated Press raved that Murder on Embassy Row moved Truman into "the international spy genre." The engrossing and exotic details keep readers on edge and wanting to know how James was killed, and why.