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From the acclaimed author of The Dutchman and The House on Mulberry Street comes another darkly thrilling mystery rooted in New York's historic past.
In November 1864, Manhattan mirrors the tumult of the Civil War.��Bowery toughs rub shoulders with fashionable theatergoers, crippled veterans beg on the streets, and runaway slaves huddle in Underground Railroad safe houses.��Last year's Draft Riots tore the city apart; many fear another uprising on Election Day.
But a far greater threat hangs, unseen, over New York.��Eight men from Kentucky--one barely old enough to shave--have signed a Confederate blood pact.��Its code name is Lucifer; its mission is to burn this Yankee town to the ground.��Already, one of the men, cutting a Union spy's throat, has left a Lucifer matchstick clenched between the unfortunate's teeth.
Infiltrating the city, the conspirators draw into their orbit many an unsuspecting citizen--plus a handful who glimpse something amiss.��One of these is Pete Tonneman, who can't resist a glass of whiskey or a good story.��When barmaid Meg Clancy reports an overheard conversation, Pete finds himself on the scent of a rumored plot and a string of seemingly random corpses--each dispatched with a slashed throat and marked with a matchstick between the teeth.��It is a trail that forks often, and dangerously, for Pete and his informants, such as stagestruck Meg, who mingles with theater folk, including the notorious rake John Wilkes Booth; flamboyant, Madonna-faced prostitute Claudia Albert; and Patrick Duff, the Union veteran who will cross paths again with the Rebel devil who half blinded him in battle.��Spurred by General Sherman's burning of Atlanta, the Lucifer plot moves relentlessly toward its target.��And joining his Tonneman relatives' police expertise with his own journalist's savvy, Pete must pick apart the tangle of politics and greed, firebrand insanity and cold-blooded butchery, that sweeps the city toward an unimaginable inferno.
Stamped with Maan Meyers's vivid authenticity and novelistic flair, The Lucifer Contract is an unforgettable work of history and intrigue, romance, vengeance, and murder.
- Sales Rank: #3416004 in Books
- Brand: Bantam
- Published on: 1997-12-01
- Released on: 1997-12-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.50" h x 6.50" w x 1.00" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 288 pages
- Great product!
From Kirkus Reviews
A sixth chapter in the Tonneman family history (The House on Mulberry Street, 1996, etc.), set this time in 1864, toward the end of the Civil War. It's nearing Election Day in New York City, and Police Chief Hays Tonneman, along with Mayor Gunther and Army General Dix, has been alerted to a Rebel plot to burn down the city on that day. There is indeed such a plot--named Lucifer--spawned in Kentucky by the Southern Confederacy and headed by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Martin. He and his seven co-conspirators have arrived in New York and settled in a house on Cay Street--only to find the local papers trumpeting their secret plan and treating it as a contemptuous political ploy by the Democrats to defeat Lincoln's bid for reelection. Martin, his paymaster John Price, his New York contact Eugene Longmire, and the others decide to go through with their plan anyway, but not until after the election. The fateful day is November 25. By then paymaster Price is dead; Longmire has absconded with much of Lucifer's expense money; others have died, their throats slit and matchsticks lodged in their teeth; romances have flourished--with a local whore and an aspiring actress--all of it to end with a whimper, not a bang, and with the spy inside the group finally revealed. The role of reporter Peter Tonneman, of the New York Evening Post, is sidelined in this sprawling, meticulously researched but overpopulated and unfocused saga, leaving only the vibrantly alive depiction of 1864 New York to compensate the history-minded reader. -- Copyright �1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Praise for the novels of Maan Meyers:
"Surprising and entertaining... the city comes alive in all its glorious, noisy mid-19th-century diversity."
--Publishers Weekly
"Intriguing glimpses of other times and other crimes."
--Chicago Tribune
"A grand melodrama of early America."
--The Denver Post
From the Publisher
Raves for the historical mysteries of Maan Meyers:
"Engrossing."
--The Washington Post Book World
"Like a diligent team of archaeologists and anthropologists, Annette and Martin Meyers continue mining the rich history of New York City.... A wealth of surprisingand entertaining historical tidbits are woven into the story, and the city comes alive in all its glorious, mid-19th century diversity.... Part fiction, part fact, and wholly entertaining...Vividly true to its period."
--Publishers Weekly
"An exciting tale of mystery, history, and romance, indeed a wonderful combination."
--Romantic Times
"Vividly re-creates the sights, sounds, and smells of New York in 1664...Fans of historical mysteries should relish this captivating novel."
--The Sun, Baltimore
"A grand melodrama of early America that evokes the setting of old New Amsterdam at its most intriguing."
--The Denver Post
"An authentic and suspenseful period piece."
--Booklist
Most helpful customer reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
The best in historical mystery
By A Customer
In 1864 New York City is divided over the Civil War. However, none of the residents are split over a rumor that a militia of Kentuckians are poised to burn down the city in an act of terrorism. Almost no one believes it since the residents mostly support the democratic party and think Lincoln and his cohorts are the source of the rumors.
Not even thirty, Peter Tonneman is already a weary journalist on the New York Evening Post, whose assignment is the nation. Peter learns that the rumor has a lot of substance as Morgan's Raiders have been seen in the vicinity. Now all he has to do is prove it before he loses his life.
The sixth book in the Meyers' "Tonneman family" saga is a brilliant novel that brings to life the various prejudices that shaped the Civil War. Peter like his ancestors of the past two centuries, is a wonderful lead character and the historical factoids add a taste of authenticity to a well written, exciting historical novel. Anyone who enjoys historical fiction will want to read the entire six books that breathlessly describes two hundred years of New York City (starting when it was New Amsterdam), turning this into one of the best series in the genre.
Harriet Klausner
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Not the best in the series
By A Customer
Although the desciptions and details of this Civil War mystery were very interesting and obviously well-researched, the plot was not as tight as previous Tonneman books. While character development was fair, not great, the very short chapters seemed to jump from place to place in the city - a little helter skelter. Overall I would recommend this book, but again, the earlier ones are better.
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