Double Exposure

First Daughter Mystery #1

by Susan Ford, Laura Hayden

A former first daughter presents her first foray into fiction in this thrilling mystery that follows Eve Cooper, occasional sleuth and the daughter of a newly-elected president , who investigates the death of the White House Head Usher, while performing her first daughter duties, watching her younger brother, and focusing on a career in photojournalism. Reprint.

Genres: Mystery, Mystery Thriller

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 22, 2002

About the author

Susan Ford is an award-winning author, coach, and former fundamentalist Baptist.

She offers those harmed by religion a safe place to ask questions and explore answers so they can find truth and experience healing.

Susan loves traveling the world while doing meaningful work and creating lasting memories alongside her husband, Mark.

Reviews

[Roger Smitter · Rating 3 out of 5]

The core of the novel lies in the setting of the White House. Author Ford draws (and her co-author Laura Hayden) well on what it's like to live in the place where the president lives. There's some good humor in the opening pages.

The story line changes quickly when a dead body is found in the WH. There's just a small suggestion that there was some sexual angle to the killing.

Once the book gets focused on the "who done it" theme, the book doesn't have the innovations of the opening of the novel. There's lots of dialogue about what happened in the WH and, of course, who did it.

The book goes a bit longer than it needed to.l But, it's an OK read.

[Leah K · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too much description and time spent on things that had nothing to do with the story and far too little time spent on the things that needed to be in there. Predictable. Uneven and not so stellar narration.

[Betty · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was initially interested because of the author being President Ford's daughter. She was a bit too "cheesy" in the humor for me, but other than that it was interesting.

[Janet Horner · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little gem found on my bookshelf. No idea where it came from ...used book store, book sale, gift. Doesn't matter, it was worth the read.

Written by Susan Ford, daughter of President Gerald Ford and an easy and involving murder mystery set in the "home" of the White House. The author clearly states that the characters were all fiction but the details of the White House staff positions and the building itself were true to life.

Whether due to the writing style or the fact that the leading character is a head-strong single female, or a combo of both, I found myself pulling for Eve and reading on to find out how she solves the crime and supports her family and country both.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good story line, very entertaining.