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Book 2 of 8: The Matthew Corbett Novels

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His epic masterwork Speaks the Nightbird, a tour de force of witch hunt terror in a colonial town, was hailed by Sandra Brown as "deeply satisfying...told with matchless insight into the human soul." Now, Robert McCammon brings the hero of that spellbinding novel, Matthew Corbett, to eighteenth-century New York, where a killer wields a bloody and terrifying power over a bustling city carving out its identity—and over Matthew's own uncertain destiny.

The unsolved murder of a respected doctor has sent ripples of fear throughout a city teeming with life and noise and commerce. Who snuffed out the good man's life with the slash of a blade on a midnight street? The local printmaster has labeled the fiend "the Masker," adding fuel to a volatile mystery...and when the Masker claims a new victim, hardworking young law clerk Matthew Corbett is lured into a maze of forensic clues and heart-pounding investigation that will both test his natural penchant for detection and inflame his hunger for justice.

In the strangest twist of all, the key to unmasking the Masker may await in an asylum where the Queen of Bedlam reigns—and only a man of Matthew's reason and empathy can unlock her secrets. From the seaport to Wall Street, from society mansions to gutters glimmering with blood spilled by a deviant, Matthew's quest will tauntingly reveal the answers he seeks—and the chilling truths he cannot escape.

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Starred Review. Set in Manhattan in 1703, this spellbinding sequel to Speaks the Nightbird (2002) from bestseller McCammon finds Matthew Corbett, a 23-year-old magistrate's clerk, on the trail of the Masker, a killer who stalks prominent businessmen. Matthew stumbles on the bodies of two of the Masker's victims, including pederast Eben Ausley, the headmaster of the orphanage Matthew once reluctantly called home. Plucky Matthew, who becomes a junior associate of the New York branch of a London problem-solving firm called the Herrald Agency, discovers a possible link to the crimes in the person of an elderly amnesiac patient in a mental asylum who's known as the Queen of Bedlam. Matthew and his cohorts later make a dangerous foray to the headquarters that the villainous Professor Fell maintains for young-criminals-in-training. McCammon brilliantly captures colonial New York and closes with a tantalizing cliffhanger that suggests more exciting sleuthing to come. (Oct.)
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Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of Boy’s Life and Gone South, among many critically acclaimed works of fiction, with millions of copies of his novels in print. He is a recipient of the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award, the Grand Master Award from the World Horror Convention, and is a World Fantasy Award winner. He lives in Alabama. Visit the author at RobertMcCammon.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Books; 1st Edition (October 23, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 656 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416551115
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416551119
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 1.64 x 8.25 inches

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Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including the award-winning BOY'S LIFE and SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD. There are more than four million copies of his books in print. His 2018 novel, THE LISTENER, is set in the 1930s and is available now from Cemetery Dance Publications.
His newest novel, CARDINAL BLACK, was published by Cemetery Dance in 2019. It is the seventh novel in the Matthew Corbett series, which started with SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD.
Mr. McCammon is currently writing THE KING OF SHADOWS, the eighth novel in the Matthew Corbett series.
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Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including the award-winning BOY'S LIFE and SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD. There are more than four million copies of his books in print. His latest novel, CARDINAL BLACK, is the seventh book in the Matthew Corbett series.
He recently completed the eighth book, THE KING OF SHADOWS, which is expected to be published in 2022.
Visit his websites: www.robertmccammon.com and www.matthewcorbettsworld.com
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Amazing Storyline

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 20, 2022

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I am now officially hooked upon the Matthew Corbett series. The depth of the story line as well as the characters. Well done Mr. McCammon, but this you know. On to the next one.

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Delightful prose, weaves stories within stories and brings characters to life as well as the times they live in. Thanks for a marvelous reading adventure.

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Great historical and mystery fiction.

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BEST ROBERT MCCAMMON SERIES

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Robert McCammon ("Swan Song") is a genius, and he has outdone himself in the series of 7 entries beginning with Speaks The Nightbird. This is the 2nd book in the Matthew Corbett Series. I deplore period-piece fiction, but this is the exception: in the days of the Salem witch trials, a young magistrate's clerk stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy that spans the globe and includes very colorful evil characters. A must-read!

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I have recently discovered the wonderful Robert McCammon and I cannot gush enough good about the books I've devoured so far. In this sequel of Speak the Nightbird, Matthew Corbett is home in New York, 1702. Historical richness abounds. New York is a fledgling city with characters of of all types - from the lowly prostitutes in Polly Blossom's brothel to Lord Cornbury, the town's new governor who has a taste for unconventional clothing. A murderer named The Masker is loose on the town and he carves up men's faces as though he is making a replica of a mask. The Masker strikes in the dark of night when men are wandering home from the pub.

Matthew is offered new employment from his position as a (lowly) clerk. His new job would be hard to define for Katherine Herrald is planning to open a brand new office in New York for the sole purpose of figuring out problems, such as finding missing persons, or things, or whatever people may need help with. It would be safe to say that it will be the first detective agency. It's common knowledge that Matthew saved a witch from burning, so he may have a good mind and some experience figuring things out. His first job is to find out who the masker is for a very high brow widow before the killer's name is written in the town's newspaper, The Earwig, and what ensues is high adventure. Katherine Herrald's other employee, Hudson Greathouse, teaches Matthew a thing or two about defending himself with a lance and since Matthew is more of a thinking man he has many lessons to learn about the art of defense.

Hudson Greathouse takes Matthew to visit a woman who is called the Queen of Bedlam. She is a mental patient and the doctors where she lives want to know her true identity because it is a mystery. The queen rarely speaks and she was left under very mysterious circumstances. Matthew soon learns that locked up inside the mind of the queen could be the answers to the very mystery that he is trying to solve.

If you want to read a great author with a list of fabulous books already written, look no further for now. Robert McCammon is a great find. I don't know how I missed him. After The Queen of Bedlam, comes Mister Slaughter, and I read on the author's website that there is a new book in the series coming out soon!

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Historical facts, language and customes researched and written perfectly

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he Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon
April 29 (Approximately) to November 13, 2014
Second book in the Matthew Corbett Series
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Earlier this year I started perhaps the most enjoyable book series I have read. I wanted to quickly read the second in the series, The Queen of Bedlam, but never seemed to find the time due to other obligations. I have gradually read this book and have completed it. This is the best book I have read this fall.

Again, Mr. McCammon offers a beautifully written story over 600 pages. I travel when I read Mr. McCammon's work...I see the blue sky with clouds floating around, walk the warm and humid streets of New York, feel the fear in the town as the murders ensue, smell some unpleasant smells and hear the voices of characters I will never know in real life.

The setting is per-Revoluntary war, early seventeen hundreds. Our hero, protagonist Matthew Corbett, has rearranged his life and now lives in Long Island a small town where most everyone knows everyone else or at least a little gossip about everyone else. Matthew has a decision to make and that is whether to continue being a judge's clerk or join a private detective agency.

This novel was more involved with various characters and settings than the first Matthew Corbett novel. There were actually two different puzzles to be solved and Matthew was involved with both. He jumps right in, thinking nothing of his own personal comfort. He is a well respected young man in the community.

I enjoyed this story a lot. Matthew was probably my favorite character in this story. He had some unusual things happen to him and during these happenings he got through them with as much grace as possible. Some of the book had very funny parts. Matthew's character continues to develop and are we seeing him actually becoming interested in the fairer sex? I enjoyed the way Mr. McCammon developed all the characters in this book. There were some odd ones in this story.

Overall this book was well researched and written. It held my interest all the way from page one until the end.

I give The Queen of Bedlam five stars. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good solid story, but especially to lovers of historical fiction.

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A fascinating and thrilling read

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When a respected doctor is murdered in 1700s New York, a tide of fear sweeps through the city. Branded ‘the Masker’ by a local printer, a second body is soon discovered, spreading further alarm amid the community. Law clerk Matthew Corbett has questions he wants answered, but no-one is willing to listen to him – least of all High Constable Gardner Lillehorne, so Matthew takes on his own investigation and quickly finds himself in deep water.

In Robert McCammon’s second book featuring Matthew Corbett, the young clerk is faced with several challenges, not least discovering who is going around slashing throats. As with ‘Sings the Night Bird’ the story is riveting from start to finish and demonstrates the author’s skill as a consummate storyteller. The plot weaves together numerous storylines, pitching its hero against a talented swordsman, a cross-dressing Govenor and old enemy Eben Ausley, as well as throwing him into a possible romance with his new landlord’s daughter.

The language, as always, is perfect and paints a vivid picture of early New York, as well as the vagaries and occasionally murderous habits of its inhabitants. A fascinating and thrilling read from the first page to the last.

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Ian Williams

A thriller to rank with Stieg Larsson's Millenium trilogy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 7, 2010

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-which I coincidentally read immediately before this.

Set in growing colony town of New York in 1702, it continues the story of the young clerk, Matthew Corbett, (whose story begins in Speaks The Nightbird, though prior knowledge of his activities is not required). The town is terrified because of the activities of a violent murderer (and possibly serial killer) nicknamed The Masker. This is only the beginning of an exquisitely written authentically detailed historical thriller which grows more and more complex as the highly intelligent Corbett begins to investigate the dark secrets of the new society and the dark and dangerous world in which he lives. It is populated with a number of vivid and fascinating characters who range from the kindly and the charming to the deepest black. It is stunningly inventive with a rich use of language and vernacular and a plot that twists and turns in many unexpected directions.

I really don't want to say to much otherwise I might spoil the many pleasures that this rich and readable novel possesses. Perhaps it's best if I end this review by saying I read this book on holiday and within hours of my return (and about half an hour before writing this review) had ordered the third in the series which was published earlier this year.

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Mr Macabre

Superb!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 30, 2016

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I enjoyed this as much as [book:Speaks the Nightbird|1525997] Matthew Corbett is a hugely likeable character and placing him in the New York of this age works beautifully. Mr McCammon has the knack of making you read without ever realising that's what you're doing! Some writers can take a while to take you into the pages but he does it in a matter of one sentence.

A beautifully written story and I'll definitely continue with this series.

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Watty

Slow starter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 8, 2018

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A good historical murder mystery, it was very slow in its build up in fact I nearly cast the book aside it was so overly descriptive-the book is set in New York and yes the story needed to give you the sense of the city as it was but most of this was only relevant if you were a New Yorker, anyway I finished the book and it turned out to be an enjoyable read once past the boring first chapters.

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I am at present reading his first book. It that good. Can not wait to read this book

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