Books by Elliott Roosevelt and Complete Book Reviews

Elliott Rossevelt, Author, Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $5.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-95144-3

Eleanor Roosevelt's investigation of the murder of FDR's assistant leads her into Washington's seamy underside. (Nov.)

Elliott Rossevelt, Author, Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $5.99 (200p) ISBN 978-0-312-96050-6

Continuation of the Eleanor Roosevelt series, written by her son, in which the First Lady investigates the murder of an anti-Nazi German colonel in 1941. (Dec.)

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Murder in the Rose Garden

Elliott Roosevelt, Author Avon Books $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-70529-0

When a popular Washington hostess is strangled in the White House rose garden in 1936, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt--heroine of a series of novels by her son, Elliott--helps the Secret Service and D.C. police gather information about the crime. ``A...

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Murder in Georgetown

Elliott Roosevelt, Author Thomas Dunne Books $23.95 (230p) ISBN 978-0-312-24221-3

Like its predecessors (Murder in the Map Room, etc.), this latest (and posthumously published) mystery by the son of Eleanor and Franklin portrays the First Lady engaged in D.C. crime fighting while carrying out her White House duties. When Sargent...

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Murder in the Chateau: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-14375-6

Although Elliott Roosevelt, son of Franklin and Eleanor, has passed away, his Eleanor Roosevelt mysteries continue posthumously--thanks, according to the publisher, to a legacy of several unpublished manuscripts. The newest release (after Murder in...

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Murder in the Executive Mansion: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (197p) ISBN 978-0-312-13128-9

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,...

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A Royal Murder: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (234p) ISBN 978-0-312-10970-7

Affectionately portrayed, Eleanor Roosevelt outwits Nazis and other nefarious villains in her late son's 15th mystery to star his mother, one of many reported left unpublished at his death in 1990. In September 1940, Eleanor is sent to the Bahamas,...

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Murder in the East Room: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $18.95 (201p) ISBN 978-0-312-09878-0

The latest of Elliott Roosevelt's ( New Deal for Death ) posthumous mysteries starring his mother, Eleanor, as sleuth offers more tantalizingly risque glimpses into the First Family's personal lives than previous titles did. In 1940, Idaho Senator...

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New Deal for Death: A ""Blackjack"" Endicott Novel

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $18.95 (251p) ISBN 978-0-312-09267-2

Before his death in 1990, the author completed this follow-up to The President's Man , again taking as his protagonist Boston bon vivant ``Blackjack'' Endicott, who serves as friend and protector to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Although the narrative...

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Murder in the West Wing: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $5.99 (247p) ISBN 978-0-312-08144-7

Roosevelt's posthumously published 11th mystery starring his mother Eleanor relies on name recognition and behind-the-scenes tattling to sustain interest in its mediocre plot. In March 1936, White House staffer Paul Duroc dies of cyanide poisoning...

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Murder in the Red Room: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $18.95 (249p) ISBN 978-0-312-07637-5

The author's mother Eleanor here solves her 10th mystery, which contains all the elements that have made the series ( Murder and the First Lady , etc.) so popular. On the eve of announcing his ill-conceived ``court-packing'' scheme, FDR, with a...

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A First Class Murder

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $17.95 (261p) ISBN 978-0-312-05527-1

This is Eleanor Roosevelt's ninth appearance as the fictional sleuth created by the former first lady's recently deceased novelist son. Here the author of Murder in the Blue Room takes Eleanor away from the White House and environs, surrounding her...

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Murder in the Blue Room

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $16.95 (215p) ISBN 978-0-312-04354-4

For the eighth time, the author casts his mother as a sleuth, setting this novel in 1942 during a secret visit from Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. President Roosevelt, the First Lady and U.S.S.R. Ambassador Litvinov are dining at the White House...

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Murder in the Rose Garden

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $16.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-312-03406-1

During the summer of 1936, popular Washington hostess Vivian Taliafero is strangled in the White House Rose Garden, setting up Roosevelt's sixth novel featuring his mother in the leading role. The First Lady helps the Secret Service and the D.C....

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Murder in the Oval Office

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $17.95 (247p) ISBN 978-0-312-02259-4

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...

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Murder at the Palace

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $15.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-312-01373-8

The eponymous Palace of Roosevelt's fifth mystery featuring his mother Eleanor, is Buckingham, first stop on the First Lady's trip to meet with Allied leaders in the fall of 1942. The evening of her arrival, an equerry of King George VI is killed in

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The White House Pantry Murder: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $15.95 (231p) ISBN 978-0-312-00202-2

Eleanor Roosevelt proves the undoing of Nazis who penetrate the White House in her son's fourth mystery. Roosevelt revives the tense Christmas season in 1941 after Pearl Harbor, when Prime Minister Churchill and his retinue were the President's...

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Murder at Hobcaw Barony

Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $15.95 (233p) ISBN 978-0-312-55291-6

Mixing real people with fictional characters, Roosevelt assembles an impressive supporting cast for the latest mystery to feature his mother as amateur sleuth. Talullah Bankhead, Joan Crawford, Darryl F. Zanuck and Humphrey Bogart are spending a...

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Murder in the Lincoln Be

Elliott Roosevelt, Author Minotaur Books $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-26150-4

Once again, Eleanor Roosevelt calmly juggles her official duties as First Lady with her unofficial role as amateur sleuth in this unpretentious, undemanding offering attributed to her late son Elliott, who according to St. Martin's left behind a...

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Murder at the President's Door

Elliott Roosevelt, Author, William Harrington, Editor Thomas Dunne Books $23.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-312-27499-3

Murder at the President's Door, written by William Harrington for the estate of Elliott Roosevelt (d. 1990), the son of FDR and Eleanor and author of an elegant but cozy historical mystery series starring his parents), entwines the stoic first...

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Murder at Midnight: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery

Eleanor Roosevelt, Author, Elliott Roosevelt, Author St. Martin's Press $20.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-15596-4

Published posthumously, the latest Eleanor Roosevelt mystery penned by her son finds the first lady once again investigating a murder. Judge Horace Blackwell, friend and adviser to the president, is stabbed to death in his White House suite, and...

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