“All the juicy stew of post-Civil War Washington, with the complexities of race, class, and sex mixed in...a fascinating mix of murder mystery, political thriller, and courtroom drama.”
- Booklist on The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
“All the juicy stew of post-Civil War Washington, with the complexities of race, class, and sex mixed in...a fascinating mix of murder mystery, political thriller, and courtroom drama.”
- Booklist on The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
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"Stephen L. Carter's Gift for intricate plotting is on display in "The Hereditary Thurifer," perhaps the volume's most distinctive tale, in which the new white rector of a predominantly African-American Washington, D.C., congregation learns that the church was the site of an unsolved crime of passion."
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Monday May 14, 2012
People often ask why on earth I decided to write a thriller about an impeachment trial of our greatest President. The answer is simple. I thought it would be fun to write, and fun to read. ...
Friday May 7, 2010
Sorry to have been away so long. I was actually finishing another book -- now, happily, about done. ...