![]() ![]() At the same time, Uncle Valentine's odd behavior leads Emily to suspect that he is involved with body-snatching.Īs dark secrets swirl around her, Emily must figure out who she can trust, in this suspenseful tale "with a wealth of interesting background information" ( Publishers Weekly). Annie has a signed picture of the handsome actor John Wilkes Booth in her room-but there seems to be more of a connection between Booth and the Surratt family than Emily thought.possibly including the plot to kill Lincoln. First, she wonders about her best friend, Annie Surratt, and the Surratt family. Now, in addition to coping with the loss of her mother, the fourteen-year-old finds herself involved in two mysteries. But after Emily is orphaned-as Washington, DC, is in chaos due to the end of the Civil War-she has nowhere else to go. ![]() A teenage orphan is caught up in President Lincoln's assassination-and another macabre plot-in this "fast-paced and dramatic" historical novel ( Publishers Weekly).Įmily's mother always told her that she should avoid Uncle Valentine, a doctor, that he was involved in things she shouldn't know about. ![]()
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