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Set in Washington, D.C., The Inside Ring follows Secretary of Homeland Security General Andy Banks as he investigates a failed assassination attempt on the President—a plot that spared the chief executive but claimed the lives of his close ally and a Secret Service agent. Banks reveals that a warning note, discovered on Secret Service stationery, was ignored by Director Patrick Donnelly. Determined to uncover the truth, Banks turns to Speaker of the House John Fitzgerald Mahoney, who dispatches lawyer Joe DeMarco—an unlikely hero with a murky past—to dig deeper. DeMarco's investigation opens a domino effect through the Secret Service, FBI, and DHS, eventually unravelling a long‑standing mystery that threatens national security.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Mike Lawson
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