Adam K Childs

Listed for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel.

'Day of the Jackal' meets 'Gorky Park' in present day New York.

It's November 2016 and the USA has elected a hugely controversial new President. A drone, an owl and a bomb are used in a deliberately complex and public attempt to assassinate him, but who's behind it? As Detective King notes, he has insulted just about everyone on the planet, "there are four billion people with motive".

The New York Police Department work with - and against - the CIA, FBI, US Justice Department and Homeland Security in a furious battle to be the heroes who resolve the crime... without making any mistakes. 
Meanwhile, amidst the chaos, both political parties use all the ambiguities and complexities of the US Constitution to further their own advantage.

See the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um7pGLeP5Dk