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The Queen of Bedlam
The Queen of Bedlam | Robert McCammon
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His epic masterwork Speaks the Nightbird, a tour de force of witch hunt terror in a colonial town, was hailed by Sandra Brown as "deeply satisfying...told with matchless insight into the human soul." Now, Robert McCammon brings the hero of that spellbinding novel, Matthew Corbett, to eighteenth-century New York, where a killer wields a bloody and terrifying power over a bustling city carving out its identity -- and over Matthew's own uncertain destiny. The unsolved murder of a respected doctor has sent ripples of fear throughout a city teeming with life, noise, and commerce. Who snuffed out the good man's life with the slash of a blade on a midnight street? The local printmaster has labeled the fiend "the Masker," adding fuel to a volatile mystery...while young law clerk Matthew Corbett has other obsessions in mind. Earnest and hardworking, Matthew spends his precious spare time attempting to vindicate the abuses he witnessed growing up in the Sainted John Home for Boys, at the hands of its monstrous headmaster. But Matthew's true calling lies not in avenging the past but salvaging the future -- for when the Masker claims a new victim, Matthew Saulis lured into a maze of forensic clues and heart-pounding investigation that will both test his natural penchant for detection and inflame his hunger for justice. In the strangest twist of all, the key to unmasking the Masker may await in an asylum where the Queen of Bedlam reigns -- and only a man of Matthew's reason and empathy can unlock her secrets. From the seaport to Wall Street, from society mansions to gutters glimmering with blood spilled by a deviant, Matthew's quest will tauntingly reveal the answers he seeks -- and the chilling truths he cannot escape.
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The Queen of Bedlam | Robert McCammon
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After 100 or so pages of Swan Song I bailed. Not because I didn‘t like it, the writing was good, although it was hard for me to keep my interest with it. I had to go back to my first love of McCammon and continue with book two of the Matthew Corbett series. These books hook you from the first sentence.

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Texreader
The Queen of Bedlam | Robert McCammon
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Husband‘s new book, book 2 in a series, & it looks so good. But it‘s a chunkster. Maybe someday I‘ll have enough time to read it.

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Minervasbutler
The Queen of Bedlam | Robert McCammon
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Second in his Matthew Corbett series set in early 18th century America. It begins with Matthew plotting revenge on Ausley, the principal of the orphanage where he grew up before embarking on a career as a detective and attempting to unravel the connections between Ausley, a serial murderer dubbed the Masker and the mysterious titular Queen. An abundance of scrapes and narrow squeaks and the historical background seems absolutely authentic.

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Minervasbutler
The Queen of Bedlam | Robert McCammon
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Lol

Soubhiville 🤣😂 4y
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Minervasbutler
The Queen of Bedlam | Robert McCammon
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He does these cheeky little winks to the reader all the time and I love them ;)

Lindy I enjoy cheeky winks in fiction too. Rushdie has loaded his latest novel with them and I say: Bring it on! 4y
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anglalln
Queen of Bedlam | Robert McCammon
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Excellent follow up to Speaks the Nightbird. This is a departure from his horror roots, but don't be intimidated. Read it.

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Leslie
The Queen of Bedlam | Robert McCammon
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A great sequel to Speaks the Nightbird. Complicated mystery, lots of historical detail, and real development of Matthew Corbett. Some of story seemed far fetched, but that was no less entertaining!

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Leslie
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Just started. Fangirling over Matthew Corbett all over again