The Queen of Bedlam
Matthew Corbett Series, Book 2
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Starred review from August 13, 2007
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.
August 15, 2007
Five years afterSpeaks the Nightbird, prolific, best-selling author McCammon once again features Matthew Corbett in a pre-Revolutionary War adventure. Working as a clerk for a local magistrate, Matthew becomes involved in the hunt for a serial killer terrorizing New York in 1702. At the same time, he is obsessed with the man in charge of the local orphanage where he lived as a youth. As each murder occurs, Matthew finds himself more involved with the investigation, even as he is recruited by a new employer. Throughout, he believes that many seemingly unrelated events are actually part of a larger conspiracy. McCammon continues to build on the world he created in his earlier novel, working to present the everyday life of the period as a backdrop to the main story. His characters are well drawn, and McCammon keeps the story moving. Fans ofSpeaks the Nightbird will certainly enjoy this follow-up, and new readers should appreciate it as well. Recommended for all public library collections.-Joel W. Tscherne, Cleveland P.L.
Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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