The Hellfire Club /
Tapper, Jake,
The Hellfire Club / Jake Tapper. - Large print edition. - 569 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - - Thorndike Press large print thriller . - Thorndike Press large print thriller. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-563).
After a mysterious fatal car accident kills his predecessor, Congressman Charlie Marder struggles to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, D.C., where he finds an underworld of backroom deals, secret societies, and a conspiracy at the highest levels of the government. In 1950s Washington, little is as it seems. Charlie Marder, World War II veteran and academic, was thrust into office by his power-broker father's connections. As a congressman, Charlie is determined to use his new position for good, but is confronted by a world in the throes of McCarthyism, where no one trusts anyone. Soon he is questioning his own ethical compass and the morality of men he admires, including his father. Learning about the circumstances of his predecessor's death, Charlie and his wife Margaret are plunged into an underworld of backroom deals, secret societies, and a conspiracy that could change the course of history.
9781432853631 1432853635
Thorndike Pr, C/O Gale Group Po Box 9187, Farmington Hills, MI, USA, 48331-3535, (248)6994253 SAN 213-4373
2018015045
Conspiracies--Fiction.
Legislators--United States--Fiction.
Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954--Fiction.
Anti-communist movements--United States--Fiction.
Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Political fiction.
Large type books.
The Hellfire Club / Jake Tapper. - Large print edition. - 569 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - - Thorndike Press large print thriller . - Thorndike Press large print thriller. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-563).
After a mysterious fatal car accident kills his predecessor, Congressman Charlie Marder struggles to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, D.C., where he finds an underworld of backroom deals, secret societies, and a conspiracy at the highest levels of the government. In 1950s Washington, little is as it seems. Charlie Marder, World War II veteran and academic, was thrust into office by his power-broker father's connections. As a congressman, Charlie is determined to use his new position for good, but is confronted by a world in the throes of McCarthyism, where no one trusts anyone. Soon he is questioning his own ethical compass and the morality of men he admires, including his father. Learning about the circumstances of his predecessor's death, Charlie and his wife Margaret are plunged into an underworld of backroom deals, secret societies, and a conspiracy that could change the course of history.
9781432853631 1432853635
Thorndike Pr, C/O Gale Group Po Box 9187, Farmington Hills, MI, USA, 48331-3535, (248)6994253 SAN 213-4373
2018015045
Conspiracies--Fiction.
Legislators--United States--Fiction.
Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954--Fiction.
Anti-communist movements--United States--Fiction.
Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Political fiction.
Large type books.