Murder in the Executive Mansion [LARGE PRINT] (Paperback)

by Elliott Roosevelt (Author) "The President of the United States woke earlier than his usual hour on the morning of Thursday, June 8, 1939..." (more)
Key Phrases: treasury tunnel, White House, First Lady, Lucinda Robinson (more...)

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From Publishers Weekly
The posthumously published 15th in Roosevelt's series starring his mother Eleanor as sleuth finds the White House in an uproar before a visit from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. At the 11th hour, Lucinda Robinson, Eleanor's social secretary, goes missing. Only after the royal couple leaves is her body discovered, stuffed in a third-floor closet. Eleanor enlists her old investigative pals, D.C. police captain Ed Kennelly and Secret Service agent Gerald Baines, to pursue the killer. They discover that Lucinda was a complex woman, fluent in German, ambitious, playful and sexually active. As they search, Eleanor goes undercover, masquerading as Detective Broderick when she visits a "carpet joint" (a nightclub with gambling) and sees a striptease act. Soon the First Lady suspects a connection between FDR's preoccupation with the German threat and Lucinda's fascination with that country. The author's fans will relish this glimpse into White House life of the time and the parade of famous names.
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"Eleanor the private eye is utterly endearing." --The New York Times
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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Chivers; Largeprint edition (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754034240
• ISBN-13: 978-0754034247
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,598,229 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spies and Murder in the White House, June 3, 2002

By	George Webster, Ph.D., (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder in the Executive Mansion (Hardcover)

This is another in the series of Elliott Roosevelt's mysteries starring First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. It is June, 1939. World War Two is only weeks away. During the pomp and ceremony of a visit by the King and Queen of England, a young assistant to Eleanor Roosevelt is found murdered. Investigation reveals that she is not the innocent girl that everyone assumed her to be. She was also seen at the German Embassy, and further tracking leads to the realization that murderous German spies have penetrated the White House. For fans of the series, this is a vintage Elliott Roosevelt mystery, with much fascinating insight into the 1939 White House by someone who was there. There is nothing here for the blood and gore violence fan - just a relaxing mystery peopled by Franklin Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, Ernest Hemingway, and other notable figures of the time.

4.0 out of 5 stars What FUN, February 9, 2008

By	Carolyn L. House "Clh" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Murder in the Executive Mansion: The King And Queen of England Are Coming to the White House...And so is the Killer (Eleanor Roosevelt Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

As a historian I was tickled by some of the historical minutae that doesn't often surface about the White House or the Roosevelts. It is a light weight mystery but what a lark.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written, Unrealistic, Not even a Good Ending, March 17, 1999

By	CRC (Shreveport, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder in the Executive Mansion: The King And Queen of England Are Coming to the White House...And so is the Killer (Eleanor Roosevelt Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book might have been the product of Elliot Roosevelt when he was seven years old. It was very non-descriptive! One did not even know where the action was taking place in many scenes. Maybe I am too critical, but I thought that the scene where Mrs. Roosevelt ventures into a strip club and makes comments amd asks questions like, "Oh, so is that what they call a G string?" was appealing to some sore ot lowly base instincts