Who Knew Downie Was So Sexy?!?

From Washingtonian magazine’s “Post Watch” column:

If sex sells, former Post executive editor Len Downie’s novel about a female reporter uncovering a Washington scandal might have legs.

By the middle of chapter two, a reporter has bedded his source: “Then she turned toward him, reached back and unhooked her bra, freeing her breasts. Mark stood there awkwardly, staring at this effortlessly sexy woman.”

Early sex scenes are a bit of a tease as Downie’s narrative builds into a potboiler reaching from the newsroom to the White House to the CIA.

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