Murder and The First Lady Author:Elliott Roosevelt By 1939, Franklin Roosevelt had faced many crises, and even the murder of a White House staffer by the First Lady's young English secretary is a minor problem compared to the war about to break out in Europe. — The First Lady, however, is convinced, despite the overwhelming evidence against Pamela Rush-Hodgeborn, that the girl is innocent. And ra... more »rely has an accused had such a dogged investigator on her side. To save her young friend from the electric chair, Eleanor Roosevelt takes on the Mob, Hoover of the FBI, and an unconvinced chief inspector from Scotland Yard. Determined to absolve Pamela, Mrs. Roosevelt goes undercover-coping grandly with a strip joint, a gambling club, and six shots of raw Kentucky bourbon, as she hunts down the wily murderer(learning along the way, how to crack a safe).
A British countess and Southern aristocrats, FDR and a young Lyndon Johnson, a master thief and a fortune in missing jewels-these and much more contribute to this fast-paced mystery that sweeps from the White House to the jailhouse...and back!« less