The Mistress and the Key
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4.4 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From a New York Times bestselling author, Benjamin Franklin’s mysterious connection to Paul Revere and a cabal of powerful alchemists has been lost to history—until now.
Card shark Hailey Gordon and ex con Nick Patterson—fresh off uncovering one of the biggest secrets of the Revolutionary War alongside American history professor Adrian Jensen—now find themselves in Philadelphia, immersed in the history of Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere. The Liberty Bell, Charles Willson Peale's Museum, and the Tomb of The Unknown Revolutionary Soldier are connected to Franklin in amazing ways. The more they discover, the more shocking the implications become.
The long buried secrets Hailey and Nick are chasing have previously only been known by a select few, who would prefer to keep it that way. A woman known as The Heiress—part of a mysterious organization called The Family—is one of these rare historians. After generations of members have failed before her, The Heiress has been tasked to finally unearth the alchemical secrets Revere and Franklin may have discovered during their lifetimes.
And she's not about to let Nick and Hailey get in her way.
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Mezrich juggles Revolutionary era drama and modern-day espionage in this propulsive sequel to The Midnight Ride. Work on a construction project near Philadelphia's City Hall has been suspended after site manager Jeff Pokowski unearthed a "cobbled-up cavern" dating back to the 18th century. Shortly after that discovery, a late-night security alert brings Pokowski back to the site, where he finds two corpses and a menacing stranger who kills him when he can't explain how a mysterious engraving made its way to a local pawn shop. Meanwhile, ex-con Nick Patterson and MIT grad student–turned–card shark Hailey Gordon arrive in Philly from Boston, where they're suspected of being involved in a 30-year-old art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Through a convoluted series of events, the pair gets wrapped up in Pokowski's murder and in a showdown against an assassin known as "the Nobody," all while being pursued by FBI agent Zack Lindwell. Mezrich stuffs the narrative full of fascinating historical tidbits—some real, some invented—including theories about a friendship between Benjamin Franklin and Amadeus Mozart, and rumors about links between the Liberty Bell and the practice of alchemy. The eclectic cast of characters, breakneck pacing, and unpredictable plotting make for a rollicking good time. Steve Berry fans will be riveted.
