Anne Fitzhugh learned her way around Washington as a congressional wife. Now a young widow and a homicide detective for the D.C. police, Anne discovers that there's a lot she never understood about our nation's capital.Murder used to be something she read about in newspapers. Now it's part of her daily life.All murder is tragic, but the violent death of someone as beautiful and talented as Caroline McKelvey is especially shocking. Twenty-six-year-old Caroline, daughter of a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, had recently joined the staff of Congressman Jim Woodward. She looked forward to a brilliant future, until someone she trusted met her one October evening in her apartment and slit her throat.Caroline knew many influential people - Anthony Jesse Clore, a canon at the Washington Cathedral, Simone Gray, a Capitol Hill network television correspondent, Congressman Woodward and his wife, Gertrude, and other congressional staff colleagues.As possible suspects, they pose a formidable challenge to Anne Fitzhugh and her partner, Don Dakota. The seasoned cop hadn't wanted Anne as his partner, but as the McKelvey case progresses, he comes to admire more than ever the courage and intelligence of a woman who has earned her badge. They make quite a team, both personally and professionally.Pray God to Die is mystery on a grand scale, portrayed against a background of secular struggle and spiritual quest. It confirms author Carey Roberts as one of the bright new talents on the crime-writing scene. Read Less