Murder in the Map Room LARGE PRINT [Hardcover]

Elliott Roosevelt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1998

An Eleanor Roosevelt mystery

Product Details

• Hardcover: 362 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Large Print edition (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568657978
• ISBN-13: 978-1568657974
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,988,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful with diplomacy and war involved, August 6, 1999

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Mary Cooper (LaGrange Park, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder in the Map Room (Eleanor Roosevelt Mysteries) (Hardcover)

A Japanese spy is found murdered in the top-secret map room of the White House in 1943 during World War II while Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and her entourage are visiting the Roosevelts. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, along with the D.C. Chief of Detectives and a Secret Service Agent, solve the mystery. But Mrs. Roosevelt is shown going about her duties, for example, attending a celebrity auction and only assisting the professionals investigating the murder. Her son, author Elliott Roosevelt, realistically portrays his mother and father, FDR, and probably Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, too, who is a great character who dominates every scene she's in. Interestingly, the author mentions 19 year-old Margaret Truman who became a fellow mystery writer. The story was suspenseful especially with diplomacy involved and the urgency of the war going on. For someone who's been dead for nine years, Elliott Roosevelt writes a good mystery although Eleanor Roosevelt is always fascinating to read about.