On his death bed John Bingham the man who prosecuted the
murder of President Lincoln confessed to his doctor, Jamie
Fraser. Bingham claimed that Mary Stewart, who was hanged,
told him something about the conspiracy that could shatter
the republic. Bingham died before he could divulge what
had been said. Dr. Fraser decides he must find out the
truth. He then begins on a path to uncover what the secret
was that Bingham took to his death. Fraser soon finds a
companion to help him on his journey a former baseball
player, Speed Cook played until he was run out of the game
for being a black man. Fraser and Cook soon discover that
there are people who want this secret kept and will go to
any lengths to make sure it doesn't get out.
THE LINCOLN DECEPTION uses a fictional story to look into
historical facts. The death bed confession actually
happened and David O. Stewart uses research to come to the
conclusions that are reached. It is a story of fiction and
fascinating lives. To this day the official story of the
assassination of President Lincoln is not believed by many
people so this trip into the past as these characters try
to discover the truth is intriguing to read.
In March 1900, as former Congressman John Bingham of Ohio lies dying, he begins to tell a strange tale to his physician, Dr. Jamie Fraser. Bingham famously prosecuted eight members of John Wilkes Booth's plot to kill Lincoln. But during the 1865 trial, conspirator Mary Surratt divulged a secret so explosive it could shatter the republic. Though Bingham takes the secret to his grave, Fraser cannot let go of the mystery. Bored with small-town medical practice, he begins to investigate, securing an unlikely ally in Speed Cook, a black, college-educated professional ballplayer and would-be newspaper publisher. Cook is fascinated by Fraser's inquiry and, like Fraser, thinks the accepted version of Lincoln's assassination rings false. Was Booth truly the mastermind or were other, more powerful forces pulling the strings? From Maryland to New York City, from Indiana to Washington, Fraser and Cook track down key figures and witnesses-including Mary Surratt's neurotic daughter Anna, Booth's nephew, actor Creston Clarke, and Clarke's attractive business manager, Mrs. Eliza Scott. Piece by piece the truth emerges - separating fact from rumor, innocent from guilty, and revealing a story of greed, ambition, courage, and tragedy. Blending real and fictional characters, The Lincoln Deception is a superbly researched, brilliantly plotted and thoroughly gripping mystery that explores one of the nation's darkest and most fascinating eras and the conspiracy that changed world history.
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