- Genre:fiction
- Sub-genre:Mystery & Detective / General
- Language:English
- Series Title:Pat O'Malley Steampunk Mystery Series
- Series Number:2
- Pages:180
- eBook ISBN:9781483522708
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Overview
Finalist in the 2013 CLUE Book Awards for Mysteries, Suspense and Thrillers
Second Mystery in the Best-Selling Pat O'Malley Historical Steampunk series
It’s 1866 in New York City. Civil War Vet and Detective Pat O’Malley’s biggest case returns him to the deep, dark South to search for the kidnapped wealthiest inventor and entrepreneur in America. But the widening gyre of anti-Semitism and racism pulls him down into the pit of hell itself. Disguised as an Oxford England Professor, O’Malley infiltrates the anti-Semites’ group and travels with his partners, Becky Charming and his father, Robert, down to a Collierville, Tennessee mansion.
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Why 8,000+ Readers Have This Book
This is an historical mystery that pushes the envelope with a worldwide eugenics conspiracy.
It has a mystical element that includes Jewish folklore.
Pat O'Malley is an interesting and compelling sleuth.
The historical characters used are accurate and relevant.
Musgrave brings the 1860s in New York City to life in his mysteries.
˃˃˃ This was a Featured Summer Read in the Jewish Daily Forward
At the crux of this case are a Jewish father and his five-year-old son, Seth. They have developed a unique bond that relies on Jewish folklore and a belief that they are Mazikeen, half-angel and half-human, born from the loins of Adam’s strange female cohorts during the 130 years he was banished from the Garden. Will O’Malley find Dr. Mergenthaler before it’s too late? What does this world-wide eugenics group have planned for the mongrel races? Read Jim Musgrave’s Disappearance at Mount Sinai, the second mystery in the series of Pat O’Malley Mini-Mysteries.
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