AdamBurns,WashingtonPostcolumnistandcontroversialpresidentialcritic,isdead.Withnoclearcircumstances,speculation,gossip,andrumorfloodthemedia—wasitaccident,suicide,ormurder?Conspiracytheoriesrunamok,accusingnoneotherthanthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.WasAdamBurnsthetargetofagovernmenthitsquad?Didsomeonedecidetosilencehisdiatribesonceandforall?FionaFitzgerald,anunlikelyheroinWashingtonD.C.'sblue-collar,predominantlymalepoliceforce,isentrustedwithunravelingBurns'death.Bornintotheelitesocialcirclesofthenation'scapital,andwithprivilegedaccesstowhatlurksbehindthepristinefa?adeofthepoliticalestablishment,FionaisdeterminedtoexposethechicaneryburiedunderprimrosebushesandconcealedwithintheceaselessWashingtonMasquerade.Daysroarby—pressuremounts—cluesmislead—intuitionbetrays.CanFionaclearthePresident'sname?Isonewomanenoughtostopanationoutforblood?WashingtonMasqueradeisthe8thbookinAdler'sFionaFitzgeraldMysteryseries.