20th century american historical fiction
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Author_Burt Solomon
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genre fiction
history buffs
j.p. morgan
john hay mysteries
mystery thriller suspense
nellie bly
new york 1900s
political conspiracy fans
political historicals
presidential assassinations
teddy roosevelt assassination theory
theodore roosevelt thriller
twentieth century american historical fiction
united states historical mystery
united states historical thriller
washington 1900s
Product details
- ISBN 9780765392688
- Dimensions: 154 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2020
- Publisher: St Martin's Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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September 3, 1902. Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Theodore Roosevelt has been president for less than a year when his horse-drawn carriage is broadsided by an electric trolley. Roosevelt is thrown clear but his Secret Service bodyguard is killed instantly.
Accident? Or assassination gone awry?
Roosevelt has earned enemies galore and is convinced of foul play. He sets John Hay, the secretary of state, to investigate. Hay will cross paths with Emma Goldman and J.P. Morgan to discover the truth… and along the way he will pick up a sidekick, the crusading journalist Nellie Bly.
Blending real events and novelistic logic, Hay uncovers a shocking solution that may protect the man who wants to transform the nation, but at the cost of upending the compass of his own life.
BURT SOLOMON is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and the author of The Murder of Willie Lincoln, his first John Hay novel, as well as the acclaimed Where They Ain't, a history of baseball in the 1890s. At National Journal, where he covered the White House and other aspects of Washington life, he was awarded the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency. He and his wife live in Arlington, Virginia.
