Stalking Horse - Hardcover

Monfredo, Miriam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0425157830 ISBN 13: 9780425157831

Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S., 1998

Synopsis

Based on an actual historical event, The Stalking-Horse is set on the eve of the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln has just been elected president; the southern states are leaving the Union, and Glynis Tryon's niece, Bronwen, has joined Pinkerton's Detective Agency. While on her first assignment in the Deep South, two of her fellow agents are murdered. When word reaches Seneca Falls that Bronwen is in trouble, Glynis heads south and finds her niece caught in the midst of a diabolical plot designed to strike at the very heart of the United States government.

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About the Author

Miriam Grace Monfredo lives in western New York State, the scene of her critically acclaimed Seneca Falls Historical Mystery Series. She is a historian and a former librarian. Monfredo's first novel, Seneca Falls Inheritance, Agatha nominated for Best First Mystery Novel 1992, is set against the backdrop of the first Women's Rights Convention held in 1848. Since then she has written eight more novels that focus on the history of America and the evolution of women and minority rights. Her latest book, Children of Cain, is the third volume of a Civil War trilogy set in Washington D.C. and Virginia, during the Union's 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Monfredo's Brothers of Cain was awarded the 2001 Herodotus as the year's Best Historical Mystery. She is the recipient of the 2000 Career Achievement Award for Historical Mystery Writing by Romantic Times. Her second book, North Star Conspiracy, was chosen for the statewide 2002 "Alaska Reads A Book" program; it was also chosen by the Alaska Association of School Librarians for the 2002-03 "Battle of the Books" motivational reading program . North Star Conspiracy was also chosen for the 2005 Brookline Reads The Same Book in Massachusetts, and by the 2005-2006 Central New York Reads Consortium. The Voice of Youth Advocacy selected her fifth book, The Stalking Horse, as one of 1998's best adult mysteries for young adults. She was the recipient of the 1996 Writing In Rochester Award presented by Writers & Books. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies,including two Best of the Year collections, and she is the co-editor of two historical mystery anthologies. Monfredo occasionally teaches writing workshops at Rochester, NY's literary locus, Writers & Books. She lives on historic Irondequoit Creek with three dogs and two cats, and hosts a motley gang of itinerant mallard ducks.

Synopsis

Based on an actual event that took place during the American Civil War, the story of two secessionist Alabama murders describes how Glynis Tryon's niece, Bronwen, becomes caught in the middle of a diabolical plot during her first investigation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0425157830
• ISBN 13: 9780425157831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340