The Stalking-Horse
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ISBN: 0425157830 / Publisher: Berkley Hardcover, March 1998
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
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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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