Sharp Focus (First Daughter Mysteries S.) - Hardcover

Ford, Susan; Hayden, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312284993 ISBN 13: 9780312284992

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2003

Synopsis

It's June, and the President is scheduled to give the commencement address at the Air Force Academy. His daughter, Eve, the professional photographer who is the intrepid heroine of this sparkling mystery, has agreed to take her first glider ride with one of the young Air Force pilots. Eve's aircraft makes a safe landing, but a short time later the glider she had been riding in crashes into a mountain. Eve and her father must face the possibility that what looks like a tragic accident may in fact be very deliberate and deadly sabotage.
Eve's already nooselike security is stepped up, and she's hustled aboard Air Force One to accompany her father back to D.C. As Eve juggles her First Daughter duties with her own need for a private life, she finds her bodyguards' task growing increasingly difficult. What seems to be a harmless tire blowout turns out to be a sniper attack. Someone important does not want the President's daughter to get to the bottom of the Air Force Academy glider-crash mystery, and that someone is willing to risk everything to stop Eve cold. As she travels back and forth across the country trying to unmask a heartless killer, Eve's own life is very much on the line, as are those of her aunt Patsy and Buck, Aunt Patsy's new beau.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Ford is the daughter of President Gerald R. Ford and Betty Ford, and spent her formative years living in the White House. She has had a successful career as a photojournalist and has been active in such organizations as the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the Gerald R. Ford Museum, the National Breast Cancer Awareness Program, and the Betty Ford Center. She is in great demand as a public speaker and lives in New Mexico with her family.

Laura Hayden is an award-winning author and scriptwriter who has published seven novels. She lives with her family in Colorado.

From the Inside Flap

Susan Ford, the daughter of President Gerald R. Ford, once again delights her readers with this second mystery in the acclaimed First Daughter series.

It's June, and the President is scheduled to give the commencement address at the Air Force Academy. His daughter, Eve, the professional photographer who is the intrepid heroine of this sparkling mystery, has agreed to take her first glider ride with one of the young Air Force pilots. Eve's aircraft makes a safe landing, but a short time later the glider she had been riding in crashes into a mountain. Eve and her father must face the possibility that what looks like a tragic accident may in fact be very deliberate and deadly sabotage.

Eve's already nooselike security is stepped up, and she's hustled aboard Air Force One to accompany her father back to D.C. As Eve juggles her First Daughter duties with her own need for a private life, she finds her personal safety increasingly at risk and her bodyguards' task growing increasingly difficult. What seems to be a harmless tire blowout turns out to be a sniper attack. Someone important does not want the President's daughter to get to the bottom of the Air Force Academy glider-crash mystery, and that someone is willing to risk everything to stop Eve cold. As she travels back and forth across the country trying to unmask a heartless killer, Eve's own life is very much on the line, as are those of her aunt Patsy and Buck, Aunt Patsy's new beau.

Susan Ford is splendid at conveying those special little details that take her readers right inside life at the White House (bowling, anyone?). The fact that she can also keep us in suspense with an intriguing mystery is a double boon. Like her first book in the series, Double Exposure, this latest First Daughter mystery provides both charm and chills.

Edition details

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312284993
• ISBN 13: 9780312284992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320