The Lincoln Deception (A Fraser and Cook Mystery) - Tapa blanda

"In March 1900, as former Congressman John Bingham of Ohio lies dying, he begins to tell a strange tale to his physician, Dr. Jamie Fraser. Bingham famously prosecuted eight members of John Wilkes Booth's plot to kill Lincoln. But during the 1865 trial, conspirator Mary Surratt divulged a secret so explosive it could shatter the republic. Though Bingham takes the secret to his grave, Fraser cannot let go of the mystery. Bored with small-town medical practice, he begins to investigate, securing an unlikely ally in Speed Cook, a black, college-educated professional ballplayer and would-be newspaper publisher. Cook is fascinated by Fraser's inquiry and, like Fraser, thinks the accepted version of Lincoln's assassination rings false. Was Booth truly the mastermind or were other, more powerful forces pulling the strings?"-- From publisher's description.

David O. Stewart is an award-winning author and the president of the "Washington Independent Review of Books". He is the author of several acclaimed histories, including "Madison s Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America"; "The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution";" Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln s Legacy"; and "American Emperor: Aaron Burr s Challenge to Jefferson s America". Stewart s first novel is "The Lincoln Deception".