Publisher's Synopsis
An infamous amethyst brooch hides a cryptic message. Untraceable Spanish and Italian bonds threaten to upend President Andrew Johnson's plans for Reconstruction as former Confederate politicians attempt to bribe their way back to Congress with Presidential pardons.
Are the conspiracy theories true that John Wilkes Booth survived the shootout in a Virginia barn and is the mastermind behind the bribery schemes?
Greed, deception, and mystery lead Rebecca and Robert Harper to a Maryland countryside estate-and murder.
Who murdered a bribery suspect in an avaricious deal gone wrong?
Is Rebecca the killer's next victim?
