Publisher's Synopsis
Journey back in time to 1770 Boston. On the eve of the Boston Massacre, this thriving port, a critical link in the British Empire's global trade network, is a powder keg ready to explode.
Josiah Milton is the son of first comers, a descendent of the Mayflower. He has set up his law practice near Boston Harbor by the docks above the Bell in Hand Tavern. He is John Hancock's man. Josiah makes problems disappear, a fixer. Along with his trusted partner Zeal, a West African man of wit and fists, they roam Boston's underbelly.
Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson and his greatest rival and enemy, John Adams, arrive at Milton's office. They have combined forces with Lord North, Britain's Prime Minister, to hammer out a political solution to ease the simmering tension. He has sent his man to negotiate this solution along with documents sensitive to the cause. Both go missing.
Josiah and Zeal are hired to find Lord North's man and retrieve the vital documents.
King George has other ideas. He too has a fixer, Sir Woodley, who makes the Mad King's problems disappear in gruesome fashion.
Death meets Josiah and Zeal at every turn and danger lurks behind each shadow as they uncover a plot designed to consign Boston to a fiery grave. All the while, Josiah's heart is inflamed by the irresistible Maddie Brixton, an Irish lass full of passion and a fighter for liberty, and Lilly Richards herself a descendent of the Mayflower, and a young lady of political savvy who can walk Josiah to the top of Colonial Boston society.
The first in a thrilling historical mystery series, follow Josiah Milton as he collaborates and clashes with historical luminaries such as John Hancock, John Adams, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, Abigail Adams, and Thomas Hutchinson in a series of murder mysteries tracing events from the Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, Lexington & Concord, and, finally, the Battle of Bunker Hill. Walk into their homes and meet the individuals who shaped the founding of the United States and find out the depths they would go to achieve this aim.
Based on thorough historical research dug from historical archives and newspaper accounts, the streets of Colonial Boston come alive in this sexy Historical Thriller.
