Mo Katz Mystery

Mo Katz, no stranger to the twisted truths that lurk in the justice system, has his world upended when he becomes entangled in a complex terrorist plot that follows the discovery of a Congressional aide’s body floating in the Potomac River. Places that Katz once navigated with ease now become obscured by shadows as he weaves his way through political intrigue, courtroom machinations, and police skulduggery to save what’s left of the truth - and himself.

Two grisly murders and a deadly conflagration on the Woodrow Wilson bridge put Mo Katz, US attorney EDVA, on a collision course with a rogue intelligence operative and a sinister person of interest.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, a woman is brutally stabbed in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. With police resources strained and conventional crime-solving tools hampered by the coronavirus, U.S. Attorney Mo Katz and his staff are called upon to help Alexandra detective Sherry Stone track down the assailant. For Katz, this is personal; the victim is the Deputy U.S. Attorney for the Civil Division.

Murder, mayhem, and revenge play out against a background of the COVID pandemic and the January 6 insurrection in the latest installment of the Elmo Katz mystery series. In his fourth novel, author John Adam Wasowicz gives U.S. Attorney Katz and his colleagues 72 hours on Memorial Day weekend to foil alleged terrorist attacks near the U.S. Capitol. At stake are hundreds of innocent lives. Events cascade at lightning speed to make for riveting storytelling.