Murder, Sunny Side Up

Ben Safford #1

by R.B. Dominic

First Ben Safford Political Murder revolving around FDA approval of a long lasting egg process.

Genres: Mystery

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Aka Emma Lathen

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first of R. B. Dominic's Ben Safford mystery. We meet congressman Ben in his Washington office and soon are introduced to the other characters that become regulars in the later books.(Obviously you don't know they're regulars but although this is the first book it's one of the last I've read.) It's another trip through the intricasies of political Washington. This one involves Congressional committee hearings on a product called Ova Cote (supposd to make es last for months and months) Two murders occur but Ben manages to tie the pieces together and solve the whole thing.
P.S. For library lovers: there is a section mid book that thoroughly describes the Library of Congress and how it functions. I found it super interesting.

[Sandi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Since this was written by the same authors (Emma Lathen) who wrote the Wall Street mysteries featuring John Putnam Thatcher I knew it would be well plotted with a touch of sharp humor and this did not disappoint. Set in Washington D. C. the members of a House subcommittee are trying to master the art of sleeping with their eyes open while their grandstanding chair conducts a hearing into a new egg preservation technique. Unfortunately the chair is poisoned and the next senior member (Ben Stafford, from Ohio) must take over the hearing and solve the murder.

[Sandi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Since this was written by the same authors (Emma Lathen) who wrote the Wall Street mysteries featuring John Putnam Thatcher I knew it would be well plotted with a touch of sharp humor and this did not disappoint. Set in Washington D. C. the members of a House subcommittee are trying to master the art of sleeping with their eyes open while their grandstanding chair conducts a hearing into a new egg preservation technique. Unfortunately the chair is poisoned and the next senior member (Ben Stafford, from Ohio) must take over the hearing and solve the murder.

[Regine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sprightly.