Murder in the Oval Library | Lincoln's White House Mysteries | Author C.M. Gleason Murder in the Oval Library | Lincoln's White House Mysteries | Author C.M. Gleason
Colleen Gleason

Murder in the Oval Library

Book 2: Lincoln's White House Mysteries

About the Book

April 13, 1861: Rebel troops are across the Potomac River, only 800 feet from the White House and President Lincoln—but a murderer is even closer…
 
With the Confederate Army firing on Fort Sumter, the Civil War has begun—and an invasion of Washington, DC, from Secessionist Virginia seems imminent. As the population evacuates, the President is in desperate need of men to defend the capital.
 
Lincoln’s trusted aide, Adam Speed Quinn, and Quinn’s old friend from the Bloody Kansas conflict, Senator Jim Lane, hastily assemble a motley crew of just over a hundred men and garrison them in the East Room at the White House itself. Dubbed the Frontier Guard, these rough-and-tumble patriots steel themselves for the inevitable attack. 
 
But even as dawn breaks with no Rebel strike, a single act of violence intrudes within the White House. One of the Frontier Guard lies dead in the oval library, throat slit ear to ear. There is a murderer among them.
 
Lincoln promptly assigns Quinn to deal with the matter, who is in turn aided by journalist Sophie Gates and Dr. George Hilton. And to Quinn’s chagrin, the Southern belle Constance Lemagne insists on being involved in the investigation as well. But when Dr. Hilton examines the body, he makes a startling discovery that overturns all Quinn’s assumptions about the murder. With his president at grave risk from without and within, Quinn must act quickly to catch the White House killer…

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Narrator: Barry Press
Format: Unabridged
Runtime: 10h 10m

The Details

Published: August 28, 2018
Publisher: Kensington
Formats: EbookPaperbackAudiobook
ISBN-10: 149671024X ISBN-13: 978-1496710246 ASIN: B077WVKQ1V
Genres & Tropes
Historical Mystery, Mystery, Crime, Murder Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Amateur Sleuths