Dr. John W Mullally

The First Lady Sleeps (Volume 1) Dr. John W Mullally First edition

The First Lady Sleeps is a fast paced contemporary political thriller as well as a multi-genre novel dealing with diverse societal and moral problems. The suspenseful main plot bolsters the many secondary plots: the failures of the Secret Service resulting in the First Family's tragedy; infidelity and incompetence in the White House; child rearing in the White House; excessive political influence of the rich and powerful; the sale of nuclear weapons to terrorist nations; AIDS as a political football; the medical ethics of prolonging life; the obsessive compulsive behavior driving the hero and the villain to their own self destruction.

The characters have personality defects obvious to everyone except themselves. The First Lady Sleeps is a must read for anyone searching, like the characters portrayed, to fulfill the classical proverb: Self knowledge is the beginning of wisdom.