Stuart Stevens, "The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear"

Set at a national political convention, Stevens’s second novel couldn’t be timelier. An experienced political consultant and writer for publications including The Washington Post and for TV shows such as K Street, Stevens brings dramatic flair and an insider’s savvy to this dark comedy of politics and family. The action centers on J.D. Callahan, campaign manager for the sitting vice president who is in a tight race for the presidential nomination. His opponent is a right-wing populist whose law-and-order agenda gets a boost when dye bombs throw the convention into chaos. Meanwhile, Callahan struggles to keep his brother from revealing a secret that will ruin their father’s reputation as a heroic civil rights journalist.

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