Murder in the White House (Capital Crimes book 1)
“They were having breakfast in the Attorney General’s office. Attorney General Charles Sherer had eaten little of the scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon on his tray. Now he leaned back in his tall leather chair, a cup of coffee in one hand, a cigarette in the other, and regarded Ron with a wry smile.
“I know it’s a tough damn question,” Ron said as he sipped from his cup. “I don’t expect an answer, just a reaction.”
The Attorney General was sixty-two, one of the oldest members of the Webster Admin...istration and one of the most experienced. He had been a deputy assistant attorney general as long ago as the Johnson Administration; he had been special counsel in the Carter White House; and in the years between his tours of duty with the government he had practiced law with the Washington firm of Wiley & Salmon. He was an old Washington hand, and he maintained—at least in Ron’s judgment—a degree of separation from the Webster Administration. Like Ron, he withheld something of himself.MoreLess
“I know it’s a tough damn question,” Ron said as he sipped from his cup. “I don’t expect an answer, just a reaction.”
The Attorney General was sixty-two, one of the oldest members of the Webster Admin...istration and one of the most experienced. He had been a deputy assistant attorney general as long ago as the Johnson Administration; he had been special counsel in the Carter White House; and in the years between his tours of duty with the government he had practiced law with the Washington firm of Wiley & Salmon. He was an old Washington hand, and he maintained—at least in Ron’s judgment—a degree of separation from the Webster Administration. Like Ron, he withheld something of himself.MoreLess
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