2 COZY MYSTERY PAPERBACKS-1995 "MURDER IN EXECUTIVE MANSION" & 1997 "SIMON SAID"

Description: YOU ARE BIDDING ON TWO COZY MYSTERY PAPERBACKS, 1995 "MURDER IN THE EXECUTIVE MANSION", AN ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MYSTERY SERIES BY ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT. THE KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND ARE COMING TO THE WHITE HOUSE...AND SO IS A KILLER. HER DUTIES RANGE FROM THE RIDICULOUS TO THE SUBLIME. BUT HER KEEN MIND IS HONED IN ON ONE MATTER. AFTER A STATE VISIT FROM THE KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND, THE BODY OF A YOUNG WOMAN, A SEEMINGLY INNOCENT WHITE HOUSE EMPLOYEE, IS DISCOVERED ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. QUICKLY REALIZING THAT THE GIRL HAS BEEN KILLED SOMEWHERE ELSE-AND THAT SHE WAS FAR FROM INNOCENT-ELEANOR DONS THE DISGUISE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. HOMICIDE DETECTIVE "BRODERICK" AND ENTERS A WORLD OF SPEAKEASIES, MOBSTERS, AND THE TANGLED SEXUAL LIAISONS OF RESTLESS YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. WITH THE DARK SPECTRE OF WAR IN EUROPE LOOMING, AND SUCH LUMINARIES AS BABE RUTH AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY MAKING PILGRIMAGES TO FDR, ELEANOR IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME-TO STOP A KILLER WHO CAN DO MORE HARM THAN MURDER. & 1997 "SIMON SAID", A SIMON SHAW MYSTERY BY SARAH R. SHABER. PROFESSOR SIMON SHAW SAYS IT'S MURDER-BUT SOMEONE WANTS TO KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT...EYEBROWS ARE RAISED AS YELLOW CRIME-SCENE TAPE DRAPES ACROSS THE ONCE-DISTINGUISHED COLONIAL BLOODWORTH HOUSE. FOR THE MANSION, NESTLED COZILY AMIDST THE TRANQUIL ACADEMIA OF KENAN COLLEGE, MAY HAVE ONCE BEEN THE SCENE OF A BRUTAL MURDER. THE DECAYED BODY WAS FOUND WHEN ARCHEOLOGIST DAVID MORGAN CONDUCTED A DIG BENEATH THE ORIGINAL THREE ROOMS OF THE 1785 HOUSE-HE WAS ONLY HOPING TO UNEARTH SOME COLONIAL-ERA ARTIFACTS. WHAT MORGAN HAS FOUND, IT SEEMS, ARE THE REMAINS OF THE ESTATE'S HEIRESS-AN UNSOLVED MISSING PERSONS CASE SINCE 1926. AS SIMON DIGS DEEPER INTO THIS DECADES-OLD MURDER, HE FINDS THAT SOMEONE STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE WANTS TO PUT A PERMANENT STOP TO HIS INVESTIGATING. ORIGINAL STICKER PRICES $5.50 & $5.99. BOOKS SHOW A LITTLE WEAR. THE WHITE SPOTS ARE FROM THE FLASH. BEFORE LEAVING FEEDBACK ON THE SHIPPING COST PLEASE CHECK THE POSTAGE LABEL ON THE PACKAGE TO SEE YOU ARE PAYING ACTUAL POSTAGE.MOST OF OUR ITEMS ARE BOUGHT AT AUCTION AND SOLD AS IS SO PLEASE READ LISTING BEFORE BIDDING. PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 2 DAYS OF AUCTION ENDING, BUY-IT-NOW PAYMENTS DUE UPON PURCHASE.WE SHIP MEDIA MAIL (BOOKS), GROUND ADVANTAGE, PRIORITY, FEDEX AND UPS. IF YOU DON'T SEE THE SHIPPING YOU WANT PLEASE ASK.IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE U.S. PLEASE ASK ABOUT SHIPPING BEFORE BIDDING. SORRY BUT WE CAN NOT PUT FALSE INFORMATION ON CUSTOM FORMS. WE CHARGE YOU WHAT THE POST OFFICE CHARGES US IN POSTAGE (PLEASE CHECK POSTAGE LABEL ON THE PACKAGE BEFORE LEAVING FEEDBACK ON THE COST OF SHIPPING). IF SHIPPING SHOULD BE CHEAPER WE REFUND THE DIFFERENCE. IF YOU BUY MORE THAN ONE ITEM PLEASE WAIT FOR A COMBINED SHIPPING STATEMENT BEFORE PAYING.PLEASE CHECK SHIPPING AMOUNT BEFORE BIDDING.THANK YOU FOR LOOKING. PLEASE CHECK OUR OTHER LISTINGS, WE GLADLY COMBINE SHIPPING.WE CHARGE ACTUAL SHIPPING AMOUNT BY WEIGHT. WE DO NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR SUPPLIES. ITEMS USUALLY SHIP WITHIN 24-48 HOURS OF PAYMENT CLEARING. WE SEND YOU AN EMAIL WHEN THE ITEM SHIPS.PLEASE READ THE LISTING AND ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING. IF FOR ANY REASON YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR ITEM PLEASE EMAIL ME BEFORE LEAVING NEGATIVE OR LESS THAN 5 STAR FEEDBACK SO I CAN TRY TO FIX IT. (16)

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Location: Novato, California

End Time: 2024-11-29T02:55:07.000Z

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