title: The White House Pantry Murder/an Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery
author:  Elliott Roosevelt 
description: Eleanor Roosevelt proves the undoing of Nazis who penetrate the White House in her son's fourth mystery. Roosevelt revives the tense Christmas season in 1941 after Pearl Harbor, when Prime Minister Churchill and his retinue were the President's guests. Their conferences on strategies are incorporated into the fictional events in which a corpse is discovered stuffed into the White House refrigerator. The Secret Service, headed by agent Deconcini, officially investigates, but the First Lady solves the case, identifying the killer of the first victim and a second found in the mansion. The suspects grilled by Deconcini include pretty, sexy Bonny Battersby, secretary to Harry Hopkins, and other intriguing characters, real and invented. The clever tale is also colored by Churchillian oratory. Mystery Guild dual selection. <br />Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: For Simon and Tansy
  —R.R.
  
  Contents
  1. Halloween Trouble
  2. No Pictures, Please
  3. Simon Says
  4. The Green Monster’s Secret
  5. The Disappearing Octopus
  6. KC’s Big Plan
  7. The Octopus Speaks
  8. Who Will Be President?
  
  1
  Halloween Trouble
  “Marshall, I don’t think you should be up in that tree,” KC said.
  She glanced down at the small sign stuck in the White House lawn.
  “This tree was planted by President Truman. It’s very valuable!”
  “I’m not hurting it.” Marshall’s voice came from the branches.
  “I’m just making my spiderweb look more spooky.”
  KC and her friend Marshall were in the White House rose
  garden. It was Halloween, and in an hour, the garden would be
  �lled with kids and grown-ups in costumes. Even though the leaves
  were changing color, it was warm for the end of October. Kids
  wouldn’t need their hats and jackets to go out trick-or-treating.
  President Zachary Thornton was KC’s stepfather. Since KC’s
  mom had married the president, KC and her mother had been living
  in the White Hous