Executive Privilege: A Ric Parker Mystery

Ric Parker and his partner, Maria Montanez, return in a plot-twisting, deadly scheme involving the highest levels of government inEXECUTIVE PRIVILEGEThe death of President Thomas McCormack elevates Robert T. Webster, the African American vice president to the highest office amid allegations of a conspiracy regarding McCormack's death. Suspicious of possible FBI and CIA involvement, President Webster orders White House security to investigate. But when a key suspect can't be found, agent Roger Fraser enlists the aid of his former NYPD partner, Ric Parker.Despite Parker's misgivings about reviving his P.I. practice to work for the feds, he agrees to an assignment his best friend claimed was 'a piece of cake.' His task, locate a man named Mohammed Lumumba, a civil rights activist they call 'the ghost.' But when Ric tracks him down and asks for his help, he vanishes. His search for the man they call 'the ghost' leads to an unexpected discovery leaving Parker to solve the deadly puzzle while protecting everyone he loves from the conspirators determined to kill anyone who uncovers their dark secret buried half a century ago.