Inauguration Day

Inauguration Day by Peter G. Pollak

Genre: Thriller / Word Count: 87,665

Tucker Daniels is looking forward to retiring from the U.S. Secret Service in ten weeks on Inauguration Day and then getting married for the second time. He is, that is, until the outgoing president asks him to investigate whether the son of the President Elect was telling the truth when he claimed his father planned to betray the U.S. to China.

Making Daniels' assignment nearly impossible, the young man is killed in a mysterious car accident on his way to the White House with the proof.

As he sets out to determine the validity of the accusation, Daniels finds an ally in Sharon Washburn, the young man's broken-hearted fiancE. Working together they run up against one roadblock after another until Daniels admits he needs the talents of the son who hasn't spoken to him in years. With his son finally on board and the inauguration only weeks away, they get a break. The learn a top advisor to the President Elect may have been at the scene of the young man's accident, but before they can ascertain the truth, Daniels' fiancE Maureen is kidnapped and he is told to cease the investigation or else she dies.

Inauguration Day is a day the country will not soon forget.