| On December 15, 1895, TheodoreRoosevelt, future Governor of NewYork State, Bough Rider inthe Spanish-American War, andtwenty-sixth President of theUnited States, had been Police Com-missioner, the City of New York,President of the Police Depart-ment s Board, seven months, ninedays. Readers of the city s twenty-eight dailies, yellow and otherwise,could hardly wait to find out whatwas going to happen next. When The Big Stick, LawrenceAlexander s first Theodore RooseveltMystery, debuted in 1986, AlfredHitchcock Mystery Magazinepraised it as "a lot of fun and a jollygood idea. " Now, in this newest in-stallment, we return once again toGay Nineties New York to meet upwith our supersleuth hero, T.R. Thistime out, Teddy s called in to inves-tigate a series of signature murderslinked to organized crime and nar-cotics smuggling--a colorful casethat turns into an intriguing butdeadly family affair. When young cousin Franklin Del-ano Roosevelt receives a warningfrom the sinister "Black Hand" kill-ers tying him to the crimes, theswashbuckling Police Commis-sioner springs into action. He dis- |
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