01777cam a2200277 4500 420470629 TxAuBib 20200306120000.0 190518s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982126582 1982126582 TxAuBib Hauty, Chris. Deep state : a thriller / Chris Hauty. First Emily Bestler books/Atria hardcover edition. New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2020. 281 pages ; 24 cm. Recently elected President Richard Monroe--populist, controversial, and divisive--is at the center of an increasingly polarized Washington, DC. Never has the partisan drama been so tense or the paranoia so rampant. In the midst of contentious political turf wars, the White House chief of staff is found dead in his house. A tenacious intern discovers a single, ominous clue that suggests he died from something other than natural causes, and that a wide-ranging conspiracy is running beneath the surface of everyday events: powerful government figures are scheming to undermine the rule of law--and democracy itself. Allies are exposed as enemies, once-dependable authorities fall under suspicion, and no one seems to be who they say they are. The unthinkable is happening. The Deep State is real. Who will die to keep its secrets and who will kill to uncover the truth?-- Publisher's description. 20200306. Presidents United States Fiction. Assassination Fiction. Conspiracies Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Political fiction. Suspense fiction.