Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket.

In this riveting mystery, Elliott Roosevelt takes readers on a fast-paced and compelling journey through one of the most notorious crimes in American history. On the evening of July 4, 1919, a group of friends gathered at the home of Elliott Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. Shortly after dinner, the group was interrupted by a loud knock at the door. When one of the guests went to answer it, he found no one there. Moments later, the guests heard a loud scream from the house. They ran in to find Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, lying on the floor, brutally murdered. The police were quick to blame the crime on a group of drunken young men, but the Roosevelt's friends and family were not convinced. They believed that someone in the group must have had a motive. As the investigation continued, the friends and family of the Roosevelt's began to disappear, one by one. With little evidence to support his theory, Roosevelt began to suspect that his own; 8vo; $6.00.