Murder at Lincoln's Gala (eBook)

Colleen Cambridge (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
273 Seiten
Kensington Books (Verlag)
9781496759351 (ISBN)

Infos

From the bestsellingauthor of the American in Paris mysteries featuring Julia Child's best friend, and the Phyllida Bright mysteries featuring Agatha Christie's fictional housekeeper, this intriguing mystery stars quick-witted Adam Quinn, President Lincoln's newly hired aide, on a momentous day . . .March 4, 1861: On the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration gala, the last thing anyone wants is a hitch in the proceedingslet alone murder. But when the worst happens, fortunately, Mr. Lincoln has his resourceful aide by his side . . . When a man is found stabbed to death only yards from the new president, Lincoln dispatches his trusted aide Adam Quinn to discreetly investigate. Was it an assassination attempt gone wrong or some other sinister motive? Though he is new to the capital city, Quinn, an experienced tracker and seasoned soldier, is well-suited to the task. Though he must navigate the unfamiliar world of high society, political personages, and a city preparing for war, he finds an unexpected ally in determined young Sophie Gates, who lives in the Smithsonian Institution with her uncle and his family. Sophie is determined to make a name for herself as a journalist, and investigating a murder at the gala is the perfect opportunity. Quinn and Gates, along with George Hilton, a free man of color and brilliant physician, plunge into a city teeming with spies and dark plots as it careens toward war. Together, they must make haste to apprehend a killerfor nothing less than the fate of the nation is at stake . . . Praise for the author's previous mysteries ';Exhilarating. . . . Sure to please.'The New York Times Sunday Book Review ';Wonderfully witty . . . deliciously dark and delightfully entertaining.'The Chicago Tribune';Gleason's novel is a well-oiled machine . . . the authentic historical framework . . . the compelling personalities.' School Library Journal

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.5.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Schlagworte: Abe Lincoln • Abraham Lincoln • America • American • American History • books fiction • books mystery • Civil War • Colleen Gleason • Confederacy • crime books • Dark • Detective Novels • Fiction • fiction books • Genre Fiction • historical mysteries • historical mystery • Lincoln • murder mystery books • Mysteries • mysteries and thrillers • Mystery • mystery and suspense • mystery and thrillers • mystery books • mystery novels • mystery thriller suspense • Novels • Police • President • private investigators • series • Stoker and Holmes • United States
• ISBN-13: 9781496759351 / 9781496759351