Murder at the Capitol, C. M. Gleason
Murder at the Capitol, C. M. Gleason
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Murder at the Capitol

Author: C. M. Gleason

Narrator: James Anderson Foster

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/28/2020


Synopsis

July 1861. On Independence Day, the citizens of Washington, DC, are celebrating as if there isn't a war. But the city is teeming with green Union recruits while President Lincoln and his War Department are focused on military strategy to take Richmond in Secessionist Virginia in order to bring the conflict to a swift end. Manassas, Virginia, near Bull Run Creek, is in their sights.

The very next morning, as Congress convenes once more, a dead body is found hanging from the crane beneath the unfinished dome of the Capitol. Lincoln's close confidant, Adam Speed Quinn, is called upon to determine whether the man had taken his own life, or if someone had helped him.

With the assistance of Dr. George Hilton and journalist Sophie Gates, Quinn investigates what turns out to be murder. But the former scout is about to be blindsided, for a Southern sympathizer in the city is running a female spy network reporting to the Confederacy, and she has an insidious plot to foil the Union Army's march to Manassas by employing the charms of one Constance Lemagne to get as close to Adam as possible . . .

About C. M. Gleason

C. M. Gleason is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stoker & Holmes series for teens, in addition to the Lincoln's White House Mysteries. She lives in the Midwest and is hard at work on her next novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jammin Jenny on July 25, 2020

I really enjoyed this mystery set during the beginning of the civil war in Washington DC. One of the MCs is Abraham Lincoln which is way cool. I love the characters Adam Quinn and Sophie Gates. And the fact that Sophie lives in the Smithsonian towers is also way cool! There are spies, murder, romanc......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on March 21, 2023

I REALLY enjoy this mystery series and book 3 was the best one yet! First off, the Civil War, for all the horror and destruction it brought the United States is a historical period that is filled with so much interesting and intriguing stuff that it continues to fascinate me, and Colleen Gleason does......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on November 19, 2023

I enjoyed what this author had to say more as a researcher than a writer.......more

Goodreads review by Bobbie on July 20, 2020

Quick easy read. Super fun story. Love the historical details......more

Goodreads review by Krista on February 09, 2020

Enigmatic Adam Quinn, who lost his left forearm in the Kansas battles between anti-slavery and pro-slavery factions, is once again called upon to solve a murder in the nation’s capital. In July of 1861, Pinebar Tufts is found hanging in the unfinished Capitol building which leads to a confusing mish......more