Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante: A Maggie Hope Mystery Audiobook
Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante: A Maggie Hope Mystery Audiobook
- Susan Duerden
- Random House (Audio)
- 2015-10-27
- 10 h 14 min
Summary:
NEW YORK Instances BESTSELLER • With this riveting mystery from Susan Elia MacNeal, England’s most daring spy, Maggie Hope, travels over the pond to America, in which a looming scandal poses a grave threat towards the Light House and the Allied cause.
December 1941. Soon after the assault on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill occurs in Washington, D.C., along with special agent Maggie Hope. Posing as his typist, she actually is accompanying the best minister simply because he fits with Chief executive Roosevelt to negotiate about Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante: A Maggie Wish Secret the United Expresses’ access into World War II. When one of the First Lady’s aides is definitely mysteriously murdered, Maggie can be quickly attracted into Mrs. Roosevelt’s inner circle-as ER herself can be implicated in the criminal offense. Maggie knows she must keep the investigation quiet, so she utilizes her unparalleled skills at code breaking and espionage to determine who would focus on Mrs. Roosevelt, and just why. What Maggie uncovers can be a surprising conspiracy that could jeopardize American support for the battle and leave the fate of the globe dangling dangerously in the total amount.
Compliment for Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante
“MacNeal paints an engrossing portrait of a nation for the verge of battle, with many laws and regulations suspended and prejudice rife-a world not that much not the same as today.”-Kirkus Reviews
“MacNeal’s fifth Maggie Hope mystery is another solidly investigated entry with the indomitable Maggie in best form.”-Booklist
“Another winner packed both with truth and wonderful fiction . Maggie is a wonderful character with the power and determination, aswell as intelligence, to make her a resourceful spy.”-RT Book Reviews
“MacNeal’s pictures and character types are true to the time, and the resonance of many of the subplots with current events deepen the influence of the tale; MacNeal is to be commended on her behalf skilled weaving of racial and gender problems into an already complex politics picture. . . . There’s a significant amount of globe and U.S. background in this wonderful volume.”-Traditional Novels Review
“Addictive . . . [MacNeal] paints convincing portraitures of the Roosevelts and various other real-life historical statistics. . . . The author is constantly on the tackle heady issues while giving us a beloved heroine to main for. Wrought with peril and tension and extraordinarily abundant with detail and study, Hope’s latest adventure won’t disappoint fans from the series.”-Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
Praise for the bestselling Maggie Wish mysteries
“You’ll be [Maggie Hope’s] loyal subject, ready to follow her wherever she goes.”-O: The Oprah Mag
“[A] stellar series.”-Minneapolis Star Tribune
“A treat for WWII buffs and mystery lovers as well.”-Booklist