Aggie Blum Thompson worked as a newspaper reporter, covering cops, courts, and trials, with a healthy dose of the mundane mixed in. Her writing has appeared in newspapers such as The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. A native New Yorker, she now lives just over the Washington D.C. line in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband, two children, cat, and dog.
Thompson's new novel is Such a Lovely Family.
At CrimeReads she tagged six top non-political thrillers set in the nation’s capital, including:
The Senator’s Wife by Liv Constantine may sound like the title of a political thriller, but this psychological suspense explores a rocky secondRead about the other entries on the list.marriage, rife with gaslighting and suspicion. After the tragic deaths of their respective spouses two years earlier, Sloane Chase and Senator Whit Montgomery marry in the hopes of moving on with their lives. Felled by illness in her beautiful Georgetown home, Sloane struggles with who she can trust as she fights to uncover what happened to her first husband.
What to visit: Georgetown, where you can dine at Café Milano, which makes an appearance in the book and has been dubbed by The New York Times as “Where the world’s most powerful people go.” If the prices there are a little steep, there are plenty of other eateries and cafes nearby. Take your coffee down to the waterfront, and if you’re up for it, walk the mile along the Potomac River to the Lincoln Memorial.
--Marshal Zeringue
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