On December 15, 1895, Theodore
Roosevelt, future Governor of New
York State, Bough Rider in
the Spanish-American War, and
twenty-sixth President of the
United States, had been Police Com-
missioner, the City of New York,
President of the Police Depart-
ment s Board, seven months, nine
days. Readers of the city s twenty-
eight dailies, yellow and otherwise,
could hardly wait to find out what
was going to happen next.
When The Big Stick, Lawrence
Alexander s first Theodore Roosevelt
Mystery, debuted in 1986, Alfred
Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
praised it as "a lot of fun and a jolly
good idea. " Now, in this newest in-
stallment, we return once again to
Gay Nineties New York to meet up
with our supersleuth hero, T.R. This
time out, Teddy s called in to inves-
tigate a series of signature murders
linked to organized crime and nar-
cotics smuggling--a colorful case
that turns into an intriguing but
deadly family affair.
When young cousin Franklin Del-
ano Roosevelt receives a warning
from the sinister "Black Hand" kill-
ers tying him to the crimes, the
swashbuckling Police Commis-
sioner springs into action. He dis-
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