Not only am I going to help James launch a successful brewery, but I'm going to find out what makes him tick.and what makes him go boom. Essential for Civil War fans.I won't be winning any employee of the year awards, but only because my boss is the grumpy boss to end all grumpy bosses.ĭid I mention he doesn't trust me to do my job? Challenge accepted. While I would suggest reading Murder at Manassas first, this mystery can stand alone. He has a “feel” for the time period and is at ease in painting pictures of urban and rural life in 1860s America. Kilian does his usual workmanlike job of integrating fictional and historical characters with fictional and real events. On the way to solving the riddle of Baker’s death, Raines must deal with Confederate sympathizers in the North, go undercover behind rebel lines in Virginia, and simultaneously try to win the heart of a woman who loves John Wilkes Booth. When he can not prevent his death (or murder?) at Ball’s Bluff, Raines must use all of his guile and intelligence to free himself from suspicion as the killer. The devious Pinkerton coerces Raines to try and protect Senator Baker. Raines, a Virginian whose allegiance lies with the United States and not with the rebellion, is a Washington gambler and horse trader who was enlisted in the Union secret service by Allan Pinkerton. Michael Kilian, a student of the Civil War and the author of the well-received Murder at Manassas, uses Ball’s Bluff as the setting for his second Harrison Raines novel.
This defeat spurred the creation of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War by Congress and this politically active group would grow to play an increasingly powerful role in Federal decision-making. Civil War historians and enthusiasts know it chiefly as the battle in which Abraham Lincoln’s good friend, Senator Edward Baker, was killed in action leading a doomed Union force.
A Killing at Ball’s Bluff: A Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteryīall’s Bluff was a relatively insignificant affair when compared with the carnage at Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
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