Readers Indulge in More Nail-Biting Suspense with Book Two in Award-Winning Laura Wolfe Series

WASHINGTON - May 31, 2013 - PRLog -- Keith M. Donaldson’s second Laura Wolfe Thriller, Senate Cloakroom Cabal, brings back the lead Washington, DC, Washington Daily Star newspaper reporter. Wolfe returns fresh from her amazing sleuthing in Death of an Intern, where her unmasking of a White House intern’s killer made international news. The notoriety she subsequently receives is what draws Wolfe into another high voltage conspiracy.
The second book in the series reintroduces Wolfe at the end of her three-month maternity leave following the birth of her son, Tyler Jerome Fields. When she returns to the Washington Daily Star, she is greeted with a most prestigious journalism award, over which there is much to-do. She is honored but is itchy for her irascible editor Avery Lassiter to quickly get her back out on the streets. However, before that happens, Wolfe is contacted by an unlikely source: US Senator Roanne Dalton.

A freshman senator, Dalton seeks Wolfe’s help following the FDA’s surprising rejection of the highly touted cancer miracle-cure drug, Tutoxtamen, citing negative side effects. The senator suspects foul play and protests to her party’s senior senators, but to no avail. She reads about Wolfe’s achievement against all odds and requests a private, covert meeting with the reporter. This begins a relationship that will pit two strong female protagonists against DC’s most powerful and ruthlessly cunning groups: US senators and the pharmaceutical lobby. “We don’t manufacture cures, we manufacture dependencies,” The head pharmaceutical lobbyist tells the Senate Majority Leader. With her editor’s backing, Wolfe’s beat is changed from the streets of DC to the hallowed halls of the US Capitol.

“The slopes of Capitol Hill are greasier than the city’s oil-slicked back streets,” Wolfe confides to DC Homicide Captain Max Walsh, who is also her son’s godfather. While discovering that unraveling this medical mystery will prove tricky and require a fast learning curve, Laura also finds juggling motherhood and undercover-investigating work a complicated adjustment, even with the help of her nanny and husband. However, as new clues accumulate and complicated suddenly turns to deadly, her husband, Jerry, intercedes, not wanting a repeat of the previous year’s close calls on Wolfe’s life. She prevails over him, promising assurances of diligence, until the investigation goes global and Laura just has to see it to the end.

Death of an Intern (http://www.amazon.com/Death-Intern-Keith-M-Donaldson/dp/1...), Senate Cloakroom Cabal (http://www.amazon.com/Senate-Cloakroom-Cabal-Thriller-ebo...), and Rude Awakenings (http://www.amazon.com/RUDE-AWAKENINGS-Americas-Shattered-...) are available through BQB’s online store, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or your favorite independent bookseller. They can also be downloaded as eBooks through Kobo, Kindle, Nook, iTunes, and OverDrive.

About the Author          

Keith M. Donaldson started writing fiction in 2003, the year following retirement from a successful career in broadcasting, advertising, and marketing. Five years later, he had self-published Death of an Intern and The Hill People, since retitled Senate Cloakroom Cabal. They are the first two books in the award-winning Laura Wolfe thriller series. Death of an Intern won finalist in the “Mystery” category at the 2007 and 2012 (republished version) Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and the previous version of Senate Cloakroom Cabal won finalist awards in “Politics” and “Multicultural Fiction” at the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. To learn more about Donaldson and his books, visit donaldsonkeith.com, http://keithmdonaldson.brandyourself.com/, or http://bqbpublishing.com/authors/keith_m_donaldson/.

About BQB Publishing (http://www.bqbpublishing.com/)
Founded in August of 2010, BQB was created to be “the writer’s publisher,” focusing on quality writing from new authors. An independent hybrid publisher, BQB combines the quality processes of traditional publishing with hands-on author involvement to bring today’s new writers and tomorrow’s best sellers into the hands of booksellers and the reading public. To learn more about BQB, visit www.bqbpublishing.com.