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Sheriff Walt Fleming’s quiet life in Sun Valley is shattered when former patrolman and now county sheriff is asked to guard Attorney General Elizabeth Shaler, who will announce her presidential candidacy at billionaire Patrick Cutter’s global media conference. Threats from a professional killer, the Secret Service, the FBI and Cutter’s own security forces collide as the clock races toward Shaler’s keynote. Amid opulent extravagance, a murder, a nephew’s arrest and family secrets test Fleming’s resolve to keep Shaler alive.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Ridley Pearson
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