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Murder in the Oval Office
  
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Murder in the Oval Office (Hardcover)

de Elliott Roosevelt (Author)
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The author places his sixth mystery in 1934 at the White House where the First Lady again proves her skills as an amateur sleuth. A foe of crooked financiers, Alabama Congressman Winstead Colmer is shot dead in the Oval Office by someone who leaves the room locked and bolted from the inside. Helping to solve that puzzle, Mrs. Roosevelt concentrates on searching for the killer among persons close to Colmer, including his wife. As expected, the complex events end with the perceptive First Lady outwitting the guilty party, in an ingenious story. Members of the Brain Trust, New Deal launchers and other luminarieseven Sally Randspark the entertainment. But many readers won't appreciate Elliott Roosevelt's innuendos about his parents or others who can no longer speak for themselves. Mystery Guild dual selection; Reader's Digest condensed book; paperback rights to Avon.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 The wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt, Déc 7 2003
Par Mary E. Sibley (Carneys Point, NJ USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This is another outing in the series Elliott Roosevelt wrote featuring his mother in a fictitious Nancy Drew-like role. Elliott was named for Mrs. Roosevelt's father, a sad and unlucky man, who had significant influence over his daughter's development. Elliott was, perhaps, the difficult child of the Roosevelt clan. He was notably entrepreneurial. When people criticized the Roosevelt children, Eleanor Roosevelt is purported to have said that the people elected only the president and that the presidential children had to make a living. It is believed that Elliott Roosevelt understood his mother's personality.

The book opens with a scene at the White House pool. Jimmy Farley, Missy LeHand, and Harry Hopkins are swimming with the President. Louis Howe never came into the water and the President never splashed him. That morning Eleanor Roosevelt had gone horseback riding with Lorena Hickcock.

A presidential dinner including Charles and Mary Beard, Upton Sinclair, Sam Rayburn, Cordell Hull, Carter Glass, and Robert LaFolette is described. Louis Howe learns of a problem of a possible suicide in the White House. He decides to let the President learn of the matter the following day. Perhaps a crime has been committed. The police seek to preserve the scene. There may be a need to lift finger prints. The deceased was on a congressional committee focused on banking regulation. Of special concern were auditing standards. Mrs. Roosevelt becomes convinced that it was not a suicide. Someone summoned the victim to the oval office from the dinner. It is not clear how the perpetrator left the office.

Mrs. Roosevelt visits the widow the following day. She is cautioned by her associates not to become sentimental just because the widow is pregnant. A locked room mystery is involved. The gun has been wiped clean. Colmer, the victim, had a saturnine personality. A number of celebrities are drawn into this tale, Sally Rand included. The book is nicely written and well paced.

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