In Death Before Bedtime, dashing P.R. man Peter Sargent is invited to
the home of a venerable senator to help strategize his imminent run for
president. On the night before he's to announce, though, the senator is
murdered in his bed. No longer needed as a political publicist, Sargent
finds himself helping the police find the killer. He deftly navigates an
eccentric cast of characters, all of whom are suspects: the rebellious
daughter; the sycophantic aide; the grieving widow; and the power-hungry
governor with his eye on the senator's job. Somehow, between charming
the senator's daughter and glad-handing Washington's elite, Sargent
still manages to methodically put the pieces into place and sees that
politics truly is a cut-throat business.