MURDER IN THE LINCOLN WHITE HOUSE By: C.M. Gleason
Lincoln's White House #1
Kensington
August 2018
On Sale: July 31, 2018
Featuring: Abraham Lincoln; Adam Quinn
304 pages ISBN: 1496710231 EAN: 9781496710239 Kindle: B06XFFTC78 Trade Size / e-Book Add to Wish List
A historical mystery from a New York Times–bestselling author that “[evokes] the period with convincing detail” (Publishers Weekly).
It is March 4, 1861, the day of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration, and the president-elect’s trusted entourage is on their guard. Allan Pinkerton, head of security, is wary of potential assassins. And Lincoln’s oldest friend, Joshua Speed, is by his side, along with Speed’s nephew, Adam Quinn—called back from the Kansas frontier to serve as the president’s assistant and jack-of-all-trades.
Despite the tight security, trouble comes nonetheless. A man is found stabbed to death in a nearby room, only yards from the president. Not wishing to cause alarm, Lincoln dispatches young Quinn to discreetly investigate. Though he is new to Washington, DC, he must navigate through high society, political personages, and a city preparing for war in order to solve the crime. Quinn finds unexpected allies in a determined female journalist named Sophie Gates, and Dr. Hilton, a free man of color. Together they must make haste to apprehend a killer. Nothing less than the fate of the nation is at stake.
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