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The Nomination by William G. Tapply (February 2011)
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Overview: The Nomination is a fast-paced action and suspense thriller that brings events from the final days of the Vietnam War into direct conflict with contemporary American politics.

Vietnam War hero and Massachusetts Judge Thomas Larrigan is hand-picked by his friend the President to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court. Larrigan seems like the perfect candidate: a family man with an uncontroversial judicial record. The president’s credibility needs a sure bet. Larrigan will do anything to win the nomination, but he has some old skeletons rattling around in his closet. He calls his old Marine buddy, now a hit man, to sweep the closet clean. But there are a few skeletons Larrigan doesn’t know are still alive.

The Nomination is the story of how lives can intersect in deception, desperation, revelation, death, and, ultimately, redemption.
Genre: Fiction, Thriller

"This is the second Tapply novel to be published since his death in July 2009... And this stand-alone thriller may prove to be his very last book. It’s also one of his best, a masterfully constructed suspenser that could stand as a model for aspiring writers: here’s how it’s done. The president is nominating a state judge, pure as a prayer, a family man with a war wound, to the Supreme Court. A reclusive retired actress hires a ghostwriter to prepare her memoirs. A female bodyguard, whom we meet as she wrestles a potential assassin to the ground, is in flight from a mobster she betrayed. They’re all connected, and it’s a pleasure to watch a master craftsman bring the story lines into deadly convergence. The suspense is real, and the outcome will jolt the most jaded thriller fan. Think you know what will happen when the heroine sneaks up on the baddies holding hostages? Bet you don’t. And the mastermind orchestrating the bloodbath at the end—know who he is? Don’t be so sure. This is a heckuva read. --Booklist, Starred Review

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[zackddog]

Thanks ephemeral.

W G Tapply is a little hidden gem in the Mystery/Thriller genre. Brady Coyne is one of the better sleuth-lawyer thriller series out there.

Although I haven't read a book by Tapply in a couple of years it is always a pleasant surprise to find a new one. Even after his death. Any book of his is a guaranteed good read at least 95% of the time.

If you haven't come across his writing, now is as good a time as any.