The Americans of Abercromby Square - Maxwell JP
England, 1865.
President Abraham Lincoln is dead and the trail leads all the way across the Atlantic to Liverpool.
Pressed back into action by the kidnap of her child, Harriet Farrell must hunt down the only Lincoln conspirator to flee America and escape the noose. Her former boss, and puppet master, Benjamin Butler demands it. Meanwhile, with a new British invasion of the United States pending, Harriet soon realises that her dream of a normal life will not come true until she saves her country once again.
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The sequel to the acclaimed debut thriller Water Street.
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About the Author
With a background ranging from studying Russian at University College London to working for a Californian Software company and running a newspaper kiosk, JP Maxwell settled back in Liverpool in 2001 and now teaches Screenwriting and Digital Writing at Liverpool John Moores University. Although fictional, his writing directly links to an Irish and African family history in the port city and specifically Toxteth since the early 1800s. In addition to Water Street, based upon Liverpool's clandestine involvement in the American Civil War, he is writing a spy/crime novel Camper Van Woman based upon his adventures in Eastern Europe and 1980s Toxteth.
EAN: 9781915855305
