The Solomon Scandals (Second Edition): David Rothman
Written by David H. Rothman
Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G
()
About this audiobook
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
The Solomon Scandals is a provocative Washington suspense novel inspired by now-forgotten history. A deadly high-rise collapse happened in Northern Virginia, and a U.S. senator and a Supreme Court justice held stakes in a CIA-occupied building.
In the novel, a rule-breaking reporter for a crooked newspaper investigates the darker side of a popular real estate tycoon. One of the tycoon's rickety buildings houses hundreds of workers for a shadowy bureaucracy. The reporter's incendiary discoveries compel him to hide his related memoir for a century to shield those on the scandals' fringes.
David H. Rothman's complex tale teems with memorable characters caught up in a classic Washington dilemma: friendship vs. duty. Real estate magnate Sy Solomon, an ex-bricklayer, buys up scores of politicians and bureaucrats.
George McWilliams, a Solomon friend, is a mysterious editor wealthy enough to have built a mini Versailles. Wendy Blevin is a powerful but inwardly fragile gossip columnist from an Old Money family with its share of tragedies. Margo Danialson, a B.A. in medieval studies, is unhappily tethered to a corrupt federal agency. Dr. Rebecca Kitiona-Fenton, a multiracial feminist, outspokenly annotates the newspaper memoir of her white great-granduncle, Jonathan Stone.
Rothman's style is hardboiled and often satirical. Although Scandals includes strong language and some sexist and racist dialogue, Dr. Kitiona-Fenton's endnotes provide additional context.
Kirkus Reviews says the second edition "captures the aura of dark nihilism in some quarters of the political world with great power … This is a riveting work, mordantly insightful and surprisingly entertaining."
Note: Scandals is a character-driven suspense novel, not a "non-stop action" thriller.
David H. Rothman
David H. Rothman, a former poverty beat reporter, is best known for the TeleRead.org ebook site and his library advocacy. In another incarnation he helped Arthur C. Clarke and MGM/UA director Peter Hyams set up a trans-Pacific modem connection for the scriptwriting of the movie 2010. He has long been interested in the technological side of international development. But how does a pale-skinned white novelist in Alexandria, Virginia, get inside the head of a genius child soldier in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Through Lemba's tech side, of course. Rothman had help from another technology fan, Junior Boweya in Kinshasa, a translator, software-localization expert, and businessman who fact-checked Gun and otherwise offered an invaluable Congolese perspective. So did the activist Jean Félix Mwema Ngandu, a former Mandela fellow. Rothman is also the author of six tech-related books and a Washington novel, The Solomon Scandals, which the Washington City Paper praised for "the same dark zeal Hammett held for Frisco or Chandler had for Los Angeles." Reach him at davidrothman@pobox.com.
Related to The Solomon Scandals (Second Edition)
Related audiobooks
The War of the Worlds Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Majic Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The CEO of the Sofa Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Lusitania Murders Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Sussex Downs Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Twentieth Day of January Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lacy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Foreword: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJennie Churchill: Winston's American Mother Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The John Updike Audio Collection Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Body in the Dumb River Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Burr: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mark Twain: A Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death is Forever Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Forgery of Venus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Double Game Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Jack London: An American Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Belting Inheritance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cimarron Rose "International Edition" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Soul of Viktor Tronko Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kill Your Darlings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived: A True Story of My Family Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roy & Lillie: A Love Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMr. Nice Guy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Death Before Bedtime Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Suspense For You
The Teacher Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Guest List: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Perfect Marriage: a completely gripping psychological suspense Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Outsider: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5None of This is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Housemaid Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Coworker Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silent Patient Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunting Party: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Mrs. Parrish: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bright Young Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terminal List: A Thriller Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Deception Point Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Misery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Institute: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Holly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Turn of the Key Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghost Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mr. Mercedes: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Know You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Missing Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Solomon Scandals (Second Edition)
0 ratings0 reviews