Washington DC's struggling underclass and the U.S. Capitol's socially prominent and politically aggressive upper strata collide in a horrifying crime. Homicide Detective Fiona FitzGerald once again battles prejudice and privilege to uncover the truth, confronting her own demons and the violet-eyed wife of a powerful politician determined to erase the sinful secrets of the past. Death of a Washington Madame is the seventh book in Warren Adler's Fiona FitzGerald series. The first mystery, American Quartet, was on the New York Times list of top ten crime novels of the year. Try the other Fiona mysteries: American Quartet, American Sextet, Senator Love, Immaculate Deception, The Witch of Watergate, and The Ties That Bind.