Stashower, Daniel

"New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Demon, a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot Nes."--.

In February 1861 just days before he assumed the presidency, Abraham Lincoln faced a "clear and fully matured" threat of assassination as he traveled by train to Washington D.C. for his inauguration. Over a period of thirteen days, detective Allan Pinkerton had worked feverishly to detect and thwart the plot, assisted by a widow named Kate Warne, America's first female private eye. As Lincoln's train rolled on, Pinkerton struggled to keep up with the ever-changing details of the murder plot, even as he dealt with Lincoln and his advisors who refused to believe the danger was real. Pinkerton took a desperate gamble to save Lincoln that was shrouded in secrecy, and later mired in controversy. The story of the Baltimore Plot is one of the great untold stories of the Civil War era.

Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of Harry Houdini, who has been framed and jailed for espionage, and uncovers a plot to blackmail the Prince of Wales.

A collection of new stories featuring the famous detective by such writers as Anne Perry, Peter Tremayne, Jon L. Breen, and L.B. Greenwood.

Two-time Edgar award-winning author Daniel Stashower uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War.

Chronicles the life of Philo T. Farnsworth, the man who invented the television, and discusses why he has been all but forgotten, despite the impact his invention had on the twentieth century.

Examines the murder of twenty-year-old Manhattan cigar salesgirl Mary Rogers in 1841, the troubled life of Edgar Allan Poe, and his treatment of the case in his story "The Mystery of Marie Rog?t.".