In book 1 of this series, the murder of a powerful senator shatters the intricate political world of a working legislature.
The scenic campus of the Washington state capitol is outwardly calm, but the Legislature is in session and no one better understands the turmoil that swirls beneath the surface than professional lobbyist Sandy Dalton. In the middle of a busy day, a powerful senator is found dead in his office with an antique Native American hunting knife in his chest. Sandy had argued with the senator the morning of the murder and been the last to see him alive so he is an early suspect. But he isn’t the only one to have run afoul of the senator’s intrigues. And the resulting tectonic shift in the political landscape turns the legislative world upside down. Motives, conflicting testimonies, and hints of behind-the-scenes blackmailing add up as Sandy embarks on a struggle to clear his name. Almost everyone in Olympia politics has a stake and almost anyone could be the killer.
In Book 2, a respected dairy farmer’s horrible death in a livestock waste lagoon creates political chaos.
The Yakima County Sheriff rules the farmer’s death an accident. But as professional lobbyist and lawyer, Sandy Dalton, promotes a pro-farm – pro-environment bill in the legislature, he uncovers several powerful motives for the dairy farmer’s murder among friends and associates. Then he learns that the farmer was not alone at the time of his death and, soon after, he and those close to him are placed in imminent danger. When Sandy finally identifies the killer, he also uncovers a hidden political scandal that will threaten a powerful multi-national corporation and will shake the state legislature to its core.
In Book 3, The charismatic CEO of a powerful high-tech company dies when his self-driving car plunges off a cliff into Puget Sound.
The company’s own technical experts find that the car’s computer was turned off at the time of the accident so the police rule his death a suicide. But lawyer and professional lobbyist Sandy Dalton doesn’t believe it. Then a whistleblower who triggered a political crisis that had threatened the CEO’s Company shows up in Sandy’s office in need of an attorney. In the ensuing legal battle, Sandy and his law partner, Sherry Sebold, use the legal discovery process to pierce the wall of corporate secrecy. And Sandy initiates a clever and fateful back-channel strategy at the State Capitol to flush out the killer.
What they discover will place them both in danger as it implicates top executives inside the company, embarrasses powerful elected political leaders at the highest levels of government, and threatens committed activists in the current campaign for Washington State Governor.
