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Mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher can't believe her luck when she finds herself in Washington, D.C., to support a new literacy initiative. Not only does she get to spend a week helping with such an important cause, but she also gets to spend time with Scotland Yard inspector George Sutherland, who happens to be in town for a conference. During an extravagant affair at the home of Maine's junior senator, Jessica and George discover the body of the senator's chief of staff. The woman's death is deemed accidental, but Jessica and George suspect something more sinister. Their search for answers leads them from the shadowy halls of the Library of Congress to the D.C. social scene and even to the FBI. But to unravel the clues in this political puzzler, they will have to read between the lines -- and the lies...