Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Timothy O’Brien on tour for The Lincoln Conspiracy,
October 29 – December 7
Posted By amy @ 5:49 am | 1 Comment
Please join author Timothy L. O’Brien as he tours with Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours for his historical thriller novel, The Lincoln Conspiracy, from October 29 – December 7!
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Publisher: Ballantine Books
368p
{SYNOPSIS}
A nation shattered by its president’s murder.
Two diaries that reveal the true scope of an American conspiracy.
A detective determined to bring the truth to light, no matter what it costs him.
From award-winning journalist Timothy L. O’Brien comes a gripping historical thriller that poses a provocative question: What if the plot to assassinate President Lincoln was wider and more sinister than we ever imagined?
In late spring of 1865, as America mourns the death of its leader, Washington, D.C., police detective Temple McFadden makes a startling discovery. Strapped to the body of a dead man at the B&O Railroad station are two diaries, two documents that together reveal the true depth of the Lincoln conspiracy. Securing the diaries will put Temple’s life in jeopardy–and will endanger the fragile peace of a nation still torn by war.
Temple’s quest to bring the conspirators to justice takes him on a perilous journey through the gaslit streets of the Civil War-era capital, into bawdy houses and back alleys where ruthless enemies await him in every shadowed corner. Aided by an underground network of friends–and by his wife, Fiona, a nurse who possesses a formidable arsenal of medicinal potions–Temple must stay one step ahead of Lafayette Baker, head of the Union Army’s spy service. Along the way, he’ll run from or rely on Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s fearsome secretary of war; the legendary Scottish spymaster Allan Pinkerton; abolitionist Sojourner Truth; the photographer Alexander Gardner; and many others.
Bristling with twists and building to a climax that will leave readers gasping, The Lincoln Conspiracy offers a riveting new account of what truly motivated the assassination of one of America’s most beloved presidents–and who participated in the plot to derail the train of liberty that Lincoln set in motion.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Timothy L. O’Brien (www.timothylobrien.com) is the Executive Editor of The Huffington Post, where he edited the 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning series about wounded war veterans, “Beyond the Battlefield.” Previously, he was an editor and reporter at The New York Times. There, he helped to lead a team of Times reporters that was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in Public Service in 2009 for coverage of the financial crisis.
Prior to becoming Sunday Business editor at The New York Times in 2006, Tim was a staff writer for the Times. Among the topics and people he has written about for the paper are Wall Street, Russia, Manhattan’s art world, cybercrimes and identity theft, Warren Buffett, geopolitics, digital media, international finance, Hollywood, terrorism and terrorist financing, money laundering, gambling, and white-collar fraud. Tim was a member of a team of Times reporters that won a Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Journalism in 1999.
Before returning to the Times in 2003, Tim was the senior feature writer at Talk, a magazine founded by former New Yorker editor Tina Brown. Tim was with Talk from 2000 until it ceased publishing in 2002. Before joining Talk, Tim was a reporter with the Times and, prior to that, The Wall Street Journal.
O’Brien, a graduate of Georgetown University, holds three master’s degrees — in US History, Business and Journalism — all from Columbia University. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and two children.
VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE
Monday, October 29
Feature & Giveaway at Passages to the Past
Wednesday, October 31
Review & Giveaway at The Book Garden
Feature & Giveaway at So Many Precious Books, So Little Time
Thursday, November 1
Review & Giveaway at JulzReads
Friday, November 2
Review & Giveaway at The Maiden’s Court
Monday, November 5
Review at Flashlight Commentary
Review & Giveaway at Drey’s Library
Tuesday, November 6
Review at So Many Books, So Little Time
Review & Giveaway at Griperang’s Bookmarks
Wednesday, November 7
Review at Book Drunkard
Review at Peppermint, Ph.D.
Thursday, November 8
Review at Book Dillettante
Friday, November 9
Feature & Excerpt at Beth’s Book Reviews
Saturday, November 10
Author Guest Post at JulzReads
Monday, November 12
Review at A Book Geek
Tuesday, November 13
Review at Ageless Pages Reviews
Review & Giveaway at Always With a Book
Thursday, November 15
Review & Giveaway at The Novel Life
Monday, November 19
Review at Confessions of an Avid Reader
Review at Lit Addicted Brit
Author Interview at Tribute Books
Tuesday, November 20
Feature & Giveaway at Historical Tapestry
Wednesday, November 21
Review at Crystal Book Reviews
Review at Unabridged Chick
Friday, November 23
Review at Sir Read A Lot
Author Interview at The Novel Life
Author Interview & Giveaway at Unabridged Chick
Monday, November 26
Review at Oh, for the Hook of a Book!
Review & Giveaway at Words and Peace
Tuesday, November 27
Review at A Bookish Affair
Author Interview & Giveaway at Oh, for the Hook of a Book!
Wednesday, November 28
Giveaway at A Bookish Affair
Thursday, November 29
Review at The Musings of a Book Junkie
Author Interview at My Reading Room
Friday, November 30
Review at Impressions in Ink
Monday, December 3
Review at Bibliophilic Book Blog
Review at The Bookworm
Review & Giveaway at Broken Teepee
Giveaway at A Writer’s Life: Working with the Muse
Tuesday, December 4
Review at Paperback Princess
Review at Cheryl’s Book Nook
Wednesday, December 5
Review at Luxury Reading
Thursday, December 6
Review at One Book at a Time
Review & Giveaway at Let Them Read Books
Friday, December 7
Review at A Chick Who Reads
Author Interview at My Reading Room
Sounds like a most interesting book. I look forward to following the tour and finding out more about it.