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Originally Posted by beespeckled
Louis Bayard he doesn't write series mysteries but fantastic stand alone historical thriller mysteries that make you feel that you are right there in that period. I loved the Pale Blue Eye that featured Edgar Allen Poe as a young West Point Cadet. Bayard's plots deliciously twist and turn, always ending with the unexpected, that makes me think about that ending for days afterward.
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This is what I reading right now ... and it's every bit as good as you suggest. The tale is sauntering along and then, pow, Bayard hits you with an amazing description of of something or someone that just about takes one's breath away. Great writing! Thanks for the reco!