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The Queen of Bedlam (Matthew Corbett Book 2) by [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 and 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...and when the Masker claims a new victim, hardworking young law clerk Matthew Corbett is 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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Starred Review. Set in Manhattan in 1703, this spellbinding sequel to Speaks the Nightbird (2002) from bestseller McCammon finds Matthew Corbett, a 23-year-old magistrate's clerk, on the trail of the Masker, a killer who stalks prominent businessmen. Matthew stumbles on the bodies of two of the Masker's victims, including pederast Eben Ausley, the headmaster of the orphanage Matthew once reluctantly called home. Plucky Matthew, who becomes a junior associate of the New York branch of a London problem-solving firm called the Herrald Agency, discovers a possible link to the crimes in the person of an elderly amnesiac patient in a mental asylum who's known as the Queen of Bedlam. Matthew and his cohorts later make a dangerous foray to the headquarters that the villainous Professor Fell maintains for young-criminals-in-training. McCammon brilliantly captures colonial New York and closes with a tantalizing cliffhanger that suggests more exciting sleuthing to come. (Oct.)
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Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of Boy's Life and Gone South, among many critically acclaimed works of fiction, with millions of copies of his novels in print. He is a recipient of the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award, the Grand Master Award from the World Horror Convention, and is a World Fantasy Award winner. He lives in Alabama. Visit the author at RobertMcCammon.com. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000VM9Z2G
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Books (Oct. 23 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1184 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 655 pages

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Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including the award-winning BOY'S LIFE and SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD. There are more than four million copies of his books in print. His 2018 novel, THE LISTENER, is set in the 1930s and is available now from Cemetery Dance Publications.
His newest novel, CARDINAL BLACK, was published by Cemetery Dance in 2019. It is the seventh novel in the Matthew Corbett series, which started with SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD.
Mr. McCammon is currently writing THE KING OF SHADOWS, the eighth novel in the Matthew Corbett series.
Visit his websites: www.robertmccammon.com and www.matthewcorbettsworld.com
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Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including the award-winning BOY'S LIFE and SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD. There are more than four million copies of his books in print. His latest novel, CARDINAL BLACK, is the seventh book in the Matthew Corbett series.
He recently completed the eighth book, THE KING OF SHADOWS, which is expected to be published in 2022.
Visit his websites: www.robertmccammon.com and www.matthewcorbettsworld.com
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marilyn foster

The story captivates you, and it's hard to stop reading.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 22, 2021

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Very good writing. Keeps your interest, and want to keep reading.

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DJ.MAX70

White knuckle read !!!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 14, 2018

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From the amazing mind of Mr.McCammon who drew me into horror writing with his apocalyptic novel Swan Song go back to when america was young and the streets of the big apple were muddy cart tracks meeting a special detective with a knack of finding the oddest cases around.... this one leads our hero to chase what could be Jack the Ripper escaped to America after white hall murders or is it just a crazed lunatic that has read one to many penny paperbacks follow along go deep into the minds of bedlam and meet the royal family that reigns supreme

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Next in a great Corbett series

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 24, 2019

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Great book!!

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Bryan

My new favourite historical author.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 17, 2018

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Subtly humorous style. Matthew’s internal dialogues are really fun and believable. Story is engaging and prevents going to bed at a decent hour. Will absolutely get next in series.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 4, 2016

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This is a great follow-up book to "Speaks the Nightbird" by Robert McCammon. I was sold on his excellent writing when I read "Swan Song" many years ago. I highly recommend this novel.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 31, 2015

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Mc gammon always keeps you hooked, language is unique to the era and the characters hateful and loveable. Love the endings that want you to get to the next book.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 22, 2018

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A real page turner.

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Great Second instalment to the Matthew Corbett Series

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 23, 2019

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Squeaky Joe

A fascinating and thrilling read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 21, 2018

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When a respected doctor is murdered in 1700s New York, a tide of fear sweeps through the city. Branded ‘the Masker’ by a local printer, a second body is soon discovered, spreading further alarm amid the community. Law clerk Matthew Corbett has questions he wants answered, but no-one is willing to listen to him – least of all High Constable Gardner Lillehorne, so Matthew takes on his own investigation and quickly finds himself in deep water.

In Robert McCammon’s second book featuring Matthew Corbett, the young clerk is faced with several challenges, not least discovering who is going around slashing throats. As with ‘Sings the Night Bird’ the story is riveting from start to finish and demonstrates the author’s skill as a consummate storyteller. The plot weaves together numerous storylines, pitching its hero against a talented swordsman, a cross-dressing Govenor and old enemy Eben Ausley, as well as throwing him into a possible romance with his new landlord’s daughter.

The language, as always, is perfect and paints a vivid picture of early New York, as well as the vagaries and occasionally murderous habits of its inhabitants. A fascinating and thrilling read from the first page to the last.

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Ian Williams

A thriller to rank with Stieg Larsson's Millenium trilogy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 7, 2010

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-which I coincidentally read immediately before this.

Set in growing colony town of New York in 1702, it continues the story of the young clerk, Matthew Corbett, (whose story begins in Speaks The Nightbird, though prior knowledge of his activities is not required). The town is terrified because of the activities of a violent murderer (and possibly serial killer) nicknamed The Masker. This is only the beginning of an exquisitely written authentically detailed historical thriller which grows more and more complex as the highly intelligent Corbett begins to investigate the dark secrets of the new society and the dark and dangerous world in which he lives. It is populated with a number of vivid and fascinating characters who range from the kindly and the charming to the deepest black. It is stunningly inventive with a rich use of language and vernacular and a plot that twists and turns in many unexpected directions.

I really don't want to say to much otherwise I might spoil the many pleasures that this rich and readable novel possesses. Perhaps it's best if I end this review by saying I read this book on holiday and within hours of my return (and about half an hour before writing this review) had ordered the third in the series which was published earlier this year.

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Mr Macabre

Superb!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 30, 2016

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I enjoyed this as much as [book:Speaks the Nightbird|1525997] Matthew Corbett is a hugely likeable character and placing him in the New York of this age works beautifully. Mr McCammon has the knack of making you read without ever realising that's what you're doing! Some writers can take a while to take you into the pages but he does it in a matter of one sentence.

A beautifully written story and I'll definitely continue with this series.

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Watty

Slow starter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 8, 2018

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A good historical murder mystery, it was very slow in its build up in fact I nearly cast the book aside it was so overly descriptive-the book is set in New York and yes the story needed to give you the sense of the city as it was but most of this was only relevant if you were a New Yorker, anyway I finished the book and it turned out to be an enjoyable read once past the boring first chapters.

sandra k chung

Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 25, 2021

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I am at present reading his first book. It that good. Can not wait to read this book

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