The Story
In the summer of 1895, President Grover Cleveland and his pregnant wife, Frances, retreat to their secluded Cape Cod home, eager to avoid Washington's heat and hassles. The very day that Frances gives birth, their three-year-old daughter vanishes. A ransom note surfaces, demanding a mysterious and peculiar sum.
Is the kidnapper a political enemy or someone closer to home? Secret service agents chase multiple leads but reach dead ends. Desperate, Frances Cleveland searches for answers on her own. As the hunt continues, the kidnapper carefully plots each move and determines to settle a score.
The historical record documents threats against the Clevelands, but no actual kidnapping. Yet, what if the president and his wife, known for keeping secrets, concealed a terrifying chapter of their lives? In this gripping blend of fact and fiction, the line between public duty and private anguish blurs in a mother's fight to save her child.
Author: Marlie Parker Wasserman
Publisher: Level Best - Historia
Published: 04/14/2026
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9798898201531
About the Author
Wasserman, Marlie Parker: - Marlie Parker Wasserman loves writing historical crime fiction. In addition to First Daughter, she has published The Murderess Must Die, Path of Peril, and Inferno on Fifth, all set around the year 1900. She writes from her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Description
In the summer of 1895, President Grover Cleveland and his pregnant wife, Frances, retreat to their secluded Cape Cod home, eager to avoid Washington's heat and hassles. The very day that Frances gives birth, their three-year-old daughter vanishes. A ransom note surfaces, demanding a mysterious and peculiar sum.
Is the kidnapper a political enemy or someone closer to home? Secret service agents chase multiple leads but reach dead ends. Desperate, Frances Cleveland searches for answers on her own. As the hunt continues, the kidnapper carefully plots each move and determines to settle a score.
The historical record documents threats against the Clevelands, but no actual kidnapping. Yet, what if the president and his wife, known for keeping secrets, concealed a terrifying chapter of their lives? In this gripping blend of fact and fiction, the line between public duty and private anguish blurs in a mother's fight to save her child.
Author: Marlie Parker Wasserman
Publisher: Level Best - Historia
Published: 04/14/2026
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9798898201531
About the Author
Wasserman, Marlie Parker: - Marlie Parker Wasserman loves writing historical crime fiction. In addition to First Daughter, she has published The Murderess Must Die, Path of Peril, and Inferno on Fifth, all set around the year 1900. She writes from her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
