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Title: The Black Maria by Mark Graham ISBN: 0380800683 Publisher: Twilight Pub. Date: 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06
Rating: 5
Summary: Victorian Noir
Comment: Mark Graham is creating a new genre, and the Black Maria is an outstanding example. His complex hero, Wilton McCleary, solves a murder and confronts the darkness of his own soul at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. As in Graham's previous books, The Killing Breed and the Edgar nominated Resurrectionist, the historical detail is impeccable. It's not a shoot-em-up.It requires an attention span, but it's a great read for the intelligent reader, and the story builds toward an absolutely gripping conclusion
Rating: 5
Summary: Great history and mystery
Comment: Shortly before reading The Black Maria, I read the highly touted Conspiracy of Paper. That book had great historical detail, but a weak mystery. What makes Mark Graham's book such a pleasure to read is the combination of fascinating history with a well plotted mystery. In this case, a mystery with an ending that took me completely by surprise. I was convinced I had it figured out, only to find I had been expertly fooled. Please Avon, publish Mark Graham's next book in hardcover and put some marketing behind it. He has earned the right to a Caleb Carr sized audience.
Rating: 5
Summary: Compelling historical suspense
Comment: THE BLACK MARIA is the third in a series about Wilton McCleary, a Civil War veteran employed as a detective in Philadelphia during the 1870's. The first two books are good; this one is outstanding.
Like the first two novels, THE BLACK MARIA is populated by fascinating, complex characters and a fast-paced (though occasionally convoluted) mystery. But it is the setting--the World Fair of 1876--that makes this novel so compelling. Mark Graham has recreated this vital slice of American history so extraordinarily well, it's almost like being there in person.
Mark Graham is a talented author whose writing skills improve with each book. I look forward to the next addition to this series.
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Title: The Resurrectionist (Old Philadelphia Mystery Series) by Mark Graham ISBN: 0380800675 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 03 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Conspiracy of Paper (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by David Liss ISBN: 0804119120 Publisher: Ballantine Books (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: 30 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Killing Breed by Mark Graham ISBN: 0380800667 Publisher: Twilight Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Line of Vision by David Ellis ISBN: 0425183769 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker ISBN: 0786890037 Publisher: Hyperion (Adult Trd Pap) Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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