Carolyn Mcpherson: 2 books

Hi! My name is Barb Hoxsie. I live in Spotsburg, Michigan, which is a little spot in the palm of the mitten, as we Michiganders are wont to say. Somehow I get myself mixed up in mayhem and even, on one occasion, a murder. And thanks to my intelligence, my naturally winning ways, and my knowledge of...

The year is 1980, and Democrat US Senator Thomas E. Fitzgerald is running for re-election. But in addition to swimming against a strong conservative tide, someone in his campaign is a murderer. The Body Politic describes the inner workings of a hard-fought political battle: casual liaisons, brutal schedules, polling data, simmering hatred--everything that can go right--and terribly wrong.