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After nine years of self-imposed exile, the sole female political voice in a nation ruled more by dictators than by democratic leaders was shot by a suicide bomber who then set off the bomb tied to his chest. Her life and the legacy of the Bhuttos was one of charisma, betrayals, power and tragedy. Getting Away With Murder is an analytical book on the events that led to her assassination and the politics of the nation that watched. Summary of the Book 27 Dec. 2007, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The scene was one was chaos, mainly because it was the scene of the return of the single ray of democratic hope in a nation divided by terrorists, dictators and a military regime. Also because it was highly reminiscent of a scene two months earlier, when a bomb blast cut through the populace, killing 139 people but leaving the target alive. The assassin's job wasn't done. Benazir Bhutto was still alive. The name itself is one of controversy. Some thought of her as the nation's sole saving grace. To others, she was the symbol of all that was wrong in a nation ruled by aristocrats. Back after a self-imposed exile, back a second time after the first had resulted in a terrible explosion, Benazir Bhutto had been granted amnesty by General Musharaff, forgiven for her "crimes". Crimes which she had never been convicted for. An amnesty only from the ruling government, for the secret arms of Islamic terrorists had no intention of such a thing. This book details the story of her assassination, the grime underneath Pakistan Politics and the remnants of the Bhutto legacy. About Heraldo Munoz Heraldo Munoz is a Chilean politician, and the former Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations, and present Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator, and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Program. He has written two other titles: A Solitary War: A Diplomat's Chronicle of the Iraq War and Its Lessons and The Dictator's Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet. Dr. Munoz holds a PhD. from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.