The First Lady Murders

By: Nancy Pickard

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Synopsis: Award-winning author Nancy Pickard hosts nineteen of today's top mystery writers in a collection of original stories featuring America's First Ladies— spellbinding tales of dark secrets and capital crimes. THE FIRST LADY MURDERS NANCY PICKARD reveals a centuries-old secret passed on to Bess Truman that threatens the very foundation of the White House... ANNE PERRY turns the White House red when Edith Wilson finds a blackmailer dead on the floor... JUDITH KELMAN unveils a First Lady-to-be who has deadly bad hair days... PAMELA FESLER loses herself in inauguration mischief with Lou Henry Hoover... P.M. CARLSON unwraps a kidnapping plot surrounding Mrs. Grover Cleveland's beloved daughter, Baby Ruth... GILLIAN ROBERTS serves up a deliciously sweet tale of deception and intrigue at Holley Madison's White House... SARAH SHANKMAN replays the Watergate scandal and erases all memory of Nixon's good Republican wife... and a host of other writers deceive, thrill, and entertain us with these fascinating First Ladies who know that life at the White House can be murder.