An election year thriller, chessgame.gov is the story of an American ambassador who stumbles onto a dangerous secret that he would rather not know. At the same time his estranged wife unravels some secrets that she, too would rather not confront. The self-absorbed first lady of an ailing President piques the interest of a keen-eyed magazine writer intrigued by her compulsive mannerisms and wonders what lies behind her formidable and facile façade. Hidden circumstances affect the lives and motions of governments and individuals as well as the natural world. Chessgame.gov is about haunting secrets on a personal level intersecting with the secrets of corruption and foul play on a global level. It is a mystery that moves through three dimensions: a personal quest for memory, political greed and unexamined ambition turned deadly. Power games and finding the patterns of peril are at the heart of the novel. The narrative moves through Washington, Geneva, Central America, the Pacific Northwest and the human heart. Combining the skills of intuition, psychology, quick wits, and gamesmanship helps solve the puzzles.