Resumo de Capital Crimes - LAWRENCE SANDERS

Jacob
Christansen is running quite a scam. He claims to be a preacher, delivering
small, powerful sermons in a run-down tent in Virginia. His unkempt appearance and
hypnotic eyes only draw believers closer to Brother Kristos as
Jacob is called.

It doesn''t
take long for the wealthier women in the DC area to fall under the spell of
this so-called prophet. Through word of mouth, President Abner Hawkins and his
wife, Helen seeks Brother Kristos'' powers to heal their seriously ill son.
Coincidence or not, the young boy recovers under Brother Kristos'' care.
Everyone present thinks it is a miracle.

There are
many non-believers, however. Vice-President Samuel Trent thinks the President
may have finally flipped his lid. He decides to use these developments to
further his own political career. If the country loses confidence in Abner
Hawkins, then Trent is willing and ready to step up to the plate.

Assistant to
the President, John Tollinger, isn''t too crazy about the preacher, either. Of
course he thinks the guy is a quack. However, seeing that his ex-wife, fellow
White House staffer Jennifer Raye is attracted to Brother Kristos just adds
fuel to the fire.

Capital
Crimes details
Brother Kristos'' ascent into the inner circle of the Presidency. The more Abner
Hawkins relies on the preacher''s word, the more worried the insiders get.
Brother Kristos must be stopped, but just who will do it? As an added element,
Brother Kristos can foresee his own demise. He eerily waits patiently and
calmly for the event to occur.

Ok, I''ve
kept quiet this long, but I just can''t do it anymore. Lawrence Sanders is one
of my favorite authors. I love his McNally series. However, Capital Crimes
is a really bad book. It''s hard to believe the President of the United States
could follow the teachings of a bogus faith healer. However, to expect me to
believe several characters fell for the man is just silly.

Brother
Kristos is described as being a drunk addicted to vodka and sex. However, he
also has this magic power that has the female characters dropping their drawers
left and right for him. Puh-leeze.

Out of the several hundred books I have read in
recent memory, this is the first one where I have disliked every single
character. The President and his wife are such ninnies that can''t believe they
were ever elected to office. The Vice-President is typically power hungry, yet
does some pretty stupid things to get what he wants. The Vice-President''s wife,
Jennifer Raye, John Tollinger, and therest are no
better. All political jokes aside, I can''t believe people this stupid would
actually be running the country.

Capital Crimes is so bad that I can''t even find
anything else to write about in this review. I originally wanted to give the
book a two-star rating, but the ending is just as bad as the plot. It''s very
weak, very silly, thus the single star. What irked me most was that everything
was conveniently tied up in a 1½ page epilogue.

If that''s
not enough, I''d say that the suspense level rates about a three on a ten scale.
I just couldn''t seem to get swept up in the mayhem (though I did roll my eyes
quite a lot). The pacing of the book itself is really pretty level until the
very end as well, but by then I didn''t even care what happened.

Of course, I
can''t recommend Capital Crimes to any reader at all. However, I do like
to point out Sanders'' McNally series, as I think those books are great fun.
Keep in mind, I am recommending the series written by Lawrence Sanders himself,
and not those books written under his name by Vincent Lardo. Nobody can replace
Lawrence Sanders. Fortunately, his work lives on. Skip this one and enjoy the
rest.

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