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Final Resting Place

#3 in series

by Jonathan F. Putnam
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Twenty-nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln has spent his entire adult life running from his past—from the poverty of the dirt-floor log cabin where he was raised, from the dominion of his uneducated father, and from a failed early courtship. But now, Lincoln’s past is racing back to haunt him.
It is the summer of 1838, and Springfield is embroiled in a tumultuous, violent political season. All of Springfield’s elite have gathered at a grand party to celebrate the Fourth of July. Spirits are high—until a prominent local politician is assassinated in the midst of fireworks. When his political rival is arrested, young lawyer Lincoln and his best friend Joshua Speed are back on the case to investigate.
It’s no ordinary trial, however, as Lincoln and Speed soon face unwelcome complications. Lincoln’s ne’er-do-well father and stepbrother appear in town and threaten Lincoln’s good name and political future. And before long, anonymous letters start appearing in the local newspapers, with ominous threats that make Lincoln fear for himself and his loved ones.
As the day of reckoning arrives, the threats against Lincoln continue to escalate. Lincoln and Speed must identify the culprit and fast, before Lincoln loses the race to outrun his past in Final Resting Place, the brilliant third installment of Jonathan F. Putnam’s acclaimed Lincoln and Speed mysteries.

  • Creators

  • Series

    A Lincoln and Speed Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 10, 2018

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781683315995
      • File size: 3913 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781683315995
      • File size: 2488 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      May 1, 2018
      A small-town lawyer who will later become legendary unravels a complex murder plot to save the reputation and life of an old friend.When Old Man Evans finally departs this mortal coil, the residents of Springfield, Illinois, are less surprised that he's dead than that he lived all the way to 1838. Young Joshua Speed, who narrates in an appropriately stately first person, has his eye on Evans' estate. His hope that he has a slight advantage because he shares lodgings with the auctioneer, Abraham Lincoln, is quickly squelched by the ethical Lincoln. Instead, the property goes to apothecary Henry Owens, whose "ravenous" affect unsettles Speed. Weeks later, Owens tells Lincoln that he has a hard time working with local registrar Jacob Early, a controversial figure to many. In a public meeting, political rival Henry Truett confronts Early and accuses him of libel. Not long after, Early's found dead, shot in the forehead. Swiftly arrested, Truett pressures Lincoln into representing him. In an ironic twist, the lawyer appointed to prosecute the case is Stephen Douglas. Against the backdrop of the trial, Lincoln and Speed (Perish from the Earth, 2017, etc.) work to exonerate Truett by finding the real killer.Putnam's third period mystery is gracefully written, nicely balancing sleuthing with courtroom drama, and should especially please history buffs.

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