Dan Mclaughlin

Mime Time: a Political Mystery Dan Mclaughlin

It is 2012 and the Republican Party is about to nominate a mime for President, and the Secret Service has 90 minutes to figure out who in his inner circle wants him dead. Brad Tapelson is the perfect candidate. Good looking, and able to project empathetic anger in a non-threatening way, he shows voters only enough so that they are convinced that he thinks like they do. And now that his long-shot candidacy is about to be successful, the people around him are having serious second doubts about the whole enterprise. Among those who have murder in their heart are: His best friend with him since the beginning. Clynell Daggett struggling with Brad's sudden fame and Clynell's equally sudden submersion in the shadows. His corporate handler. Belton Beming struggling with Brad's sudden fortune and Belton's losing control of the image Brad projects. His political team. Dorothy Barrymore struggling with Brad's sudden success and her dawning realization that she could be responsible for the most disastrous President ever. They all know that he would make an awful President. But who is willing to do something about it? More than just voting their conscience. So in order to keep this crime from the public, Secret Service agent John W. Singer has gathered the all suspects together in one room. On the eve of the Republican National Convention, he knows there's only one chance to solve this mystery, cut through the lies and broken dreams, and deal with the one person who could actually silence the Mime. It?s time to elect, or kill, the first mime President.