The ninth daughter

Title:

The ninth daughter

Author:

Hamilton, Barbara, 1951-

Personal Author:

Hamilton, Barbara, 1951-

ISBN:

9780425230770

Edition:

Berkley Prime Crime trade pbk. ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Berkley Prime Crime, c2009.

Physical Description:

359 p. ; 21 cm.

General Note:

"An Abigail Adams mystery"--Cover.

Abstract:

When a murder occurs in the home of their friend and fellow patriot, Rebecca Malvern, John Adams is accused of the gruesome crime, which was seemingly perpetrated to obtain a secret Sons of Liberty document. With both her husband's good name and the fate of the Sons of Liberty at stake, Abby must uncover a conspiracy that could cost them all their freedom--and their lives. Set in Massachusetts colony, 1773.

Personal Subject:

Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818-Fiction.

Subject Term:

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.

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In the Massachusetts Colony, political upheaval turns murderous'a new series featuring First Lady Abigail Adams.

1773: The Massachusetts colony is torn between patriots who want independence from British rule and loyalists who support the King. At the center is the educated and beautiful Abigail Adams'wife of John Adams, the leader of the Sons of Liberty, a secret organization opposing the Crown.

When a murder occurs in the home of their friend and fellow patriot, Rebecca Malvern, John is accused of the gruesome crime, which was seemingly perpetrated to obtain a secret Sons of Liberty document. With both her husband's good name and the fate of the Sons of Liberty at stake, Abby must uncover a conspiracy that could cost them all their freedom'and their lives.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

Abigail Adams seeks justice for both the colonies and women. Boston in 1773 is no place for a woman alone, but Abigail knows Rebecca Malvern had to sew and edit rebellious pamphlets to make ends meet. Still, she's shocked to find Rebecca missing from her tiny quarters and a horribly mutilated corpse in her place. After Abigail sends for the Sons of Liberty, Sam Adams and Paul Revere scour Rebecca's house for every trace of sedition before alerting the Crown authorities. But their purge is not thorough enough. Redcoats show up at the Adams home, accusing John of murdering Perdita Pentyre, a wealthy merchant's wife. To find Rebecca and save John, Abigail inquires where only a goodwife couldamong the servants and lady's maids. Scouring the countryside for Rebecca, she saves the Lieutenant of His Majesty's Guard from a band of irate patriots; he tells her that two common women were murdered the same brutal way last year. Is Perdita's murder also the work of a madman, or a calculated killing disguised as insanity? While tension mounts over tea in Boston Harbor, Abigail seeks the killer and her missing friend. Novels that re-imagine historical figures are a dangerous gambit, but the wry repartee between Abigail and John, together with the fact that this clandestine investigation of the murder of loose women would never have made the official record, make Hamilton's debut believable and gripping. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.