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Berkley Prime Crime
January 2003
Featuring: Harrison Raines
320 pages ISBN: 042518823X Paperback
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Mystery Historical
Based on actual events, this innovative series follows the Civil War chronologically, battle-by-battle, using a specific historic battlefield as a setting for each novel. On March 9, 1862, the navy warships U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack) made history when they engaged in the first combat between ironclad ships at Virginiaβs Hampton Roads. This battle serves as the historical basis ofβ¦ U.S. Federal Agent Harrison Rainesβ latest mission is to investigate βThe Monsterββthe Confederate Navyβs first ironclad shipβin his old hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Through a chance encounter with his first love, Bella Mills, Harry learns that her husband is in charge of the shipβs restoration. But when Bella is murdered, Harryβs friend, ex-slave Caesar Augustus, is arrested for the crime. Now, Harry must find the real killer, rescue Caesar, and inform the Union about the new Confederate menace.
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