Robert Brighton

Gebundenes Buch

The Phantom of Forest Lawn

Romance and Redemption in the City of the Dead

Beschreibung

Sometimes death is not the end . . . From acclaimed author Robert Brighton comes a sweeping saga of passion, mystery, honor, and intrigue in "an epic in miniature" which combines Gothic romance, resurrection of the dead, and unrequited love into a dazzling unity that even death itself cannot put asunder. This "achingly beautiful story" with compelling clues and buried secrets will prove irresistible to uncover. Serene Forest Lawn Cemetery is a place of eternal rest-until corpses go missing and young, pretty Mary Carkriff falls in with a group of international smugglers, led by Smuggler King George Eberly. Handsome, commanding George-a Civil War hero who brought home a bad leg and a headful of bad memories-soon finds Mary irresistible. One day, Mary is surprised to witness something very strange going on in the cemetery and decides to investigate . . . and soon it seems that everyone, from the local police to the city's all-powerful Anatomical Board, will do anything to prevent the ghastly truth from being uncovered. Before long, no one is safe at Forest Lawn-not even its dead-and heiress Georgia Moffatt and her devoted right-hand man Christian Schamber join forces with George and Mary to exorcise the demons that threaten Forest Lawn. This unlikely foursome-and a supporting cast of unforgettable characters-are quickly drawn into an unholy underworld of pride, plunder . . . and murder. A story of romance, greed, grave robbery, mystery, love, Gothic creepiness, and a bit of humor, The Phantom of Forest Lawn will keep you guessing until its final, explosive twist. Find out what secrets lie buried in Robert Brighton's The Phantom of Forest Lawn.

Autor

Robert Brighton, award-winning author of the Avenging Angel Detective Agency(TM) Mysteries, is an authority on the turbulent final years of the Gilded Age, a vibrant, exciting era that is all too often misunderstood as stuffy and sexless. In his novels, Brighton peels away the glittering surface of the turn of the last century-a time both utterly strange and strangely familiar-to reveal the passions, conflicts, and human drama churning just beneath.When not writing novels, Brighton is an adventurer, having traveled to fifty-six countries around the world, and usually on only a few dollars a day. He is a relentless researcher who, before writing any of his historical novels, spent almost four years reading-cover to cover-four major newspapers from 1897-1904. Among his somewhat quixotic career choices, he has been a mule wrangler, a bison rancher, and a vintage automobile restorer.A graduate of the Sorbonne, Brighton is an admirer of Emily Dickinson and Jim Morrison. He is fond of tinkering with anything mechanical, splitting firewood, and observing the weather.He lives in Virginia with his wife and their two British Shorthair cats.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ashwood Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9798989168057
• Artikelnr.: 71591212