Never Sleep
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- £8.99
Publisher Description
A Civil War–era historical novel featuring female agents in the Pinkerton National Detective Agency who work to foil an assassination attempt on President Lincoln’s life.
The year is 1861, the eve of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration. For Kate Warn, the first female private detective in American history, the only assignment tougher than exposing a conspiracy to assassinate the new president is training her new mentee, Hattie McLaughlin, in the art of detection. The two women’s mission to save the president takes them from the granges of rural Maryland to the heart of secessionist high society, and sets them on a collision course that could alter the course of history. When Kate’s cover is blown, Hattie must choose between saving her new friend, and her country. Based on a true story.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This taut series launch from bestseller Van Lente (The Con Artist) centers on the so-called Baltimore plot, whose participants sought to murder Abraham Lincoln before he could be inaugurated as president in 1861. Kate Warn (a fictionalized version of the real-life Kate Warne), the first female operative for Allan Pinkerton's National Police Agency, whose motto is "We Never Sleep," and a trainee, Hattie MacLaughlin, get handed a highly important assignment. The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad has hired the Pinkerton firm to protect Lincoln after reports surface that an attempt will be made on his life when he changes trains in Baltimore on his way to Washington. The plotters believe that murdering Lincoln will both throw the Union into turmoil and shift Maryland into the ranks of states joining the Confederacy. The perilous mission gives Hattie, who idolizes Kate, an opportunity to prove her worth. Van Lente is especially good at building the relationship between veteran Kate and newcomer Hattie, who only applied to the agency to be a secretary. Well-developed characters match the fast-paced plot. Readers will eagerly await the sequel.
