Must the maiden die / Miriam Grace Monfredo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monfredo, Miriam Grace.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women librarians.

Tryon, Glynis (Fictitious character).

New York (State)--Seneca Falls.

Tryon, Glynis (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Women librarians--New York (State)--Seneca Falls--Fiction.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

366 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 1999.

Summary:

Basing her Seneca Falls Mystery series on actual historical events, Miriam Grace Monfredo has received critical acclaim for her vivid depiction of nineteenth-century America. Sara Paretsky applauded the series as "well written...historically accurate and telling." Set in a volatile era when women, abolitionists, and other social reformers fought to reshape the nation, the series features Glynis Tryon, a small-town librarian with women's rights on her agenda -- and mystery on her mind...

In Seneca Falls, only whispers of the Civil War are heard in the spring of 1861. Glynis turns her attention to the upcoming nuptials of her niece Emma and the arrival of her niece Bronwen -- until the body of a prominent local manufacturer is found, the victim of an apparent stabbing. The main suspect is his indentured servant -- an abused and frightened girl sold into servitude by her greedy father.

Trying to save the accused girl from the fate that awaits her, Glynis must untangle a tapestry of lust, high treason, and legal treachery that brings the stark reality of the growing Civil War close to home...

ISBN:

0425166996

OCLC:

41285019