Park Slope author publishes fifth in mystery series
Brooklyn BookBeat
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal delivers her most captivating Maggie Hope mystery to date, blending thoroughly researched WWII historical facts with one-of-kind storytelling and a remarkable, daring heroine. Set for the first time in the U.S., “Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante” (Bantam Trade Paperback) is the highly anticipated fifth novel in the Maggie Hope mystery series. A fan from the beginning, Oprah.com raves that “author MacNeal creates a wholly engrossing portrait of a coming-of-age woman under fire…she’ll draw you in from the first page.”
It’s December 1941, just days after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. England’s intrepid, code-breaking spy Maggie Hope is accompanying Winston Churchill across the pond to the White House where Churchill and President Roosevelt are in the midst of history-making discussions involving how best to join forces to defeat the Axis powers and win the war. When one of the First Lady’s aides is mysteriously murdered and Eleanor Roosevelt herself is implicated in the crime, Maggie finds herself embroiled in a scandalous conspiracy that could jeopardize America’s participation in the war — and ultimately, the world’s fate.
MacNeal is the Barry Award–winning and Edgar, Dilys and Macavity Award–nominated author of the Maggie Hope mysteries, including Mr. Churchill’s Secretary, Princess Elizabeth’s Spy, His Majesty’s Hope, and The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her husband and child.
