Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante

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Compact discs.
Read by Susan Duerden.
The story of how the Ivinsons settled in Wyoming, as told by their great granddaughter, Mrs. Neal MacNeal.

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mediocre plot, mediocre narrator submitted by camelsamba on July 12, 2017, 10:08pm The "additional details" on this page are completely wrong. For a synopsis of the book, look at the entry for the print edition (http://www.aadl.org/catalog/record/1479099).

I listened to this via Overdrive through the AADL e-audiobook series, but it is the same narrator. Although it is the 5th book in a series, I grabbed it because it was "available now" as audiobook in overdrive. Furthermore, a long time ago I read a mystery series by Elliot (?) Roosevelt where Eleanor acts as the detective. I was hoping she would play a similar role as in his series. She didn't. Beyond that disappointment, the plot was just so-so. Elements of it were just simply far-fetched, such as when Maggie accused the police detective of having an affair so he just handed over a file, and the whole business in the prison basement with Blanche's fiance (whose name I can't remember and cannot find since I listened to it via overdrive).

Not having read previous books I was missing certain aspects of the back story (e.g. Maggie Hope's training as a spy, her relationship to others on Churchill's staff, etc) but it did not detract from understanding the story. A synopsis elsewhere says "Maggie ... employs her unparalleled skills at code breaking and espionage to figure out who would target Mrs. Roosevelt, and why." Actually: no. Her unparalleled (?) skills at code breaking only get used after the denouement. She doesn't even use much in the way of spy skills along the way. I do not feel a need to read any more in the series.