A family missing heir in a now big business gets the Sloan involved with murder through a trust fund issue.

6th Emma Lathen R B Dominic Ben Safford Political mystery who has to deal with a Nuclear plant approval where emotions run high & a murder takes place.

8th Emma Lathen Ben Safford Political mystery who has to deal with the military that is helping the Saudis but harming a large district employer of his & murder is a byproduct.

2nd Emma Lathen political R B Dominic Murder mystery; Murder in High Place; centered in Washington; DC.

A red hot fast food franchiser proposes a merger outside of its area of its expertise which leads to trouble & murder.

The 1980 Winter Olympics are upset by various goings on; with forgeries & the Sloan at the center of it all.

A tale about second home development; local loans; voting & more. The Wall Street Journal called Emma Lathen; “Nero Wolfe with portfolio.”

John Putnam Thatcher gets involved in Far East financial affairs that leads to murder with a money motive he uncovers.

A mystery around Civil Rights that winds up about the money as her stories always do. The New York Times & LA Times called Emma Lathen “the American Agatha Christie.”

Banking on Death is Emma Lathen’s first mystery & sets the table for the rest. Start here. A jewel. Considered the American Agatha Christie by The New York & LA Times.

When in Greece has the Sloan caught up in political intrigue in Athens & Greece. Considered the American Agatha Christie by The New York & LATimes.

A story of an empty seat on the Supreme Court told by R B Dominic Emma Lathen & solved by Congressman Ben Safford.