Saints Rest

Two violent deaths, quickly linked together by an avid press, compel President Charles Bonner to hire Wall Street detective and longtime friend Ben Driskill to unearth the truth, but what Driskill discovers may change the future of American freedom. Reprint.

ful countryside of the midwest a conspiracy has been born, its leaders among the most respected names in America. They believe their cause is just: to save the nation from leaders too timid to make the tough decisions. Their goal is the White House, and their principle weapon is so preposterous that no one would believe it exists.
Ben Driskill, Wall Street attorney and longtime buddy of President Charles Bonner, gets the first hint of the conspiracy when he finds his mentor Drew Summerhayes shot, an apparent suicide, at his Shelter Island home.
Summerhayes himself is so closely linked to the White House that the avid rumors about his death taint President Bonner, battling a re-election challenge from within his won party. Not trusting those closest to him, Bonner asks Ben Driskill to investigate quietly.
Then there are two more killings, this time on the bluffs above the Mississippi, at a serene little town in Iowa called