Body Politic — Glyn J. Godwin

Griffin Dowell, lawyer for the rich and powerful in Washington, D.C., has always looked the other way when it came to shady dealings. But when a client friend is murdered and Griffin's own life threatened, he reconsiders his position. Meanwhile, Avraham Hegel--a top stem cell researcher and political ally of the president's wife--has disappeared. All that remains is a mysterious note, a key to an airport locker, and a plastic doll. When his assistant discovers people will kill for what she now possesses, she must learn why before it's too late. A superbly-crafted thriller in the Grisham style, Body Politic is book one in the Griffin Dowell suspense mystery series.