Murder at Midnight (First Lady #19)
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- Synopsis
- From the Eleanor Roosevelt series, sprightlier (and sexier) than many of the earlier installments. Braintruster Horace Blackwell came to Washington with FDR in 1933, living in a guest room across the hall from Roosevelt's suite. Just months later, his naked, repeatedly stabbed body is found there by an African American White House maid--whom the prim Secret Service man and blowsy D.C. cop in charge of the case quickly nab for murder. The First Lady demands a further (though low-profile) investigation, which reveals Blackwell as a scoundrel and sadist. It is full of the series' offhand insights into New Deal history and vivid glimpses of 1930s celebrities.
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 216 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780312155964
- Publisher:
- St. Martin's Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/15/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Gretchen Roosevelt, Ford Roosevelt, and Jay Wahlin
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Dawn Yerton
- Proofread By:
- Tami Folks
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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