Murder in West Wing
Elliott Rossevelt / Author, Elliott Roosevelt / Author St. Mar
Eleanor Roosevelt's investigation of the murder of FDR's assistant leads her into Washington's seamy underside. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 11/01/1993
Genre: Fiction
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