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Perish from the Earth by Jonathan F. Putnam

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Also by Jonathan F. Putnam:

Final Resting Place, July 2018
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Perish from the Earth, June 2018
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Perish from the Earth, July 2017
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These Honored Dead, August 2016
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PERISH FROM THE EARTH
By: Jonathan F. Putnam

Lincoln and Speed Mystery
Crooked Lane Books
July 2017
On Sale: July 11, 2017
Featuring: Abraham Lincoln; Joshua Speed
304 pages
ISBN: 1683311396
EAN: 9781683311393
Kindle: B01MRZ3XJ6
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery Historical

Newly minted trial lawyer Abraham Lincoln is riding the circuit, traveling by carriage with other lawyers and a judge to bring justice to the remote parts of Illinois. Meanwhile, Lincoln's close friend Joshua Speed steams up the Mississippi River aboard a steamboat owned by Speed's father when suddenly, his journey is interrupted when a rigged card game aboard the ship turns to violence--and then murder.

When a young traveling artist is accused of the crime, Speed enlists Lincoln to defend him. Together, Lincoln and Speed work to find evidence of the artist's innocence. But soon they come to discover that more than just the card games are crooked aboard the Speed family's ship. As the day of judgment hurtles towards them, Lincoln and Speed must fight to save not only the life of Lincoln's client but also the merit of Speed's good name.

Meticulously research and deftly plotted, Jonathan F. Putnam's second Lincoln and Speed mystery, Perish from the Earth is the superlative follow-up to These Honored Dead, praised by Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin as "Splendid...one of the most enjoyable works of fiction I have read in a long time."