The Scribe: A Novel
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Detectives Canby and Underwood hunt down a serial killer in this "heady mix of history, sizzle, punch, and danger" (Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author of The Patriot Threat).
Disgraced former detective and Civil War veteran Thomas Canby partners with Atlanta's first African American police officer, Cyrus Underwood, to track down a serial murderer who seems to be targeting the city's wealthiest black entrepreneurs. Even after the killer is revealed, his astonishing ability to elude capture raises the question: is there such a thing as supernatural evil at loose in the world? Matthew Guinn draws readers into a vortex of tense, atmospheric storytelling, confronting the fears of both old South and new, compelling the reader through a breathless, disturbing finale.
A Los Angeles Public Library Best Book of the Year and a Finalist for the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize.
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Matthew Guinn. (2015). The Scribe: A Novel. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Matthew Guinn. 2015. The Scribe: A Novel. W. W. Norton & Company.
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Detectives Canby and Underwood hunt down a serial killer in this "heady mix of history, sizzle, punch, and danger" (Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author of The Patriot Threat).
Disgraced former detective and Civil War veteran Thomas Canby partners with Atlanta's first African American police officer, Cyrus Underwood, to track down a serial murderer who seems to be targeting the city's wealthiest black entrepreneurs. Even after the killer is revealed, his astonishing ability to elude capture raises the question: is there such a thing as supernatural evil at loose in the world? Matthew Guinn draws readers into a vortex of tense, atmospheric storytelling, confronting the fears of both old South and new, compelling the reader through a breathless, disturbing finale.
A Los Angeles Public Library Best Book of the Year and a Finalist for the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize.
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Detectives Canby and Underwood hunt down a serial killer in this "heady mix of history, sizzle, punch, and danger" (Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author of The Patriot Threat).
Disgraced former detective and Civil War veteran Thomas Canby partners with Atlanta's first African American police officer, Cyrus Underwood, to track down a serial murderer who seems to be targeting the city's wealthiest black entrepreneurs. Even after the killer is revealed, his astonishing ability to elude capture raises the question: is there such a thing as supernatural evil at loose in the world? Matthew Guinn draws readers into a vortex of tense, atmospheric storytelling, confronting the fears of both old South and new, compelling the reader through a breathless, disturbing finale.
A Los Angeles Public Library Best Book of the Year and a Finalist for the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize.
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- content: Graphic gothic horror and 19th-century American caste politics meld with unsettling force in this (often literally) scorching whodunit...an intricately woven page-turner.... Imagine a sequel to Birth of a Nation as conceived, written, and directed by David Lynch. Too much of a stretch? Wait till you see who—or what—is behind the mayhem.
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- content: Guinn has written an excellent sequel to the first novel (The Resurrectionist, 2013) in his series of mysteries set in the Reconstruction South. The author superbly portrays the evil that lurks along the streets of post-war Atlanta. His research of Atlanta after the war is impeccable, and the plot, with its twists and turns, is fast-paced, gripping, and compels the reader to turn each page. I highly recommend this mystery.
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- content: [S]uperior whodunit.... The richness of the characters and period detail make the prospect of a sequel welcome.
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- source: Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author of The Patriot Threat
- content: Talk about turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, Matthew Guinn nails turn-of-the-twentieth-century Southern history. Guinn captures the look and feel of Georgia perfectly. It's a whodunit with a twist...a heady mix of history, sizzle, punch, and danger. A definite keeper.
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- source: James Lee Burke, New York Times best-selling author of the Dave Robicheaux series and two-time Edgar Award winner
- content: Matthew Guinn makes the reader realize that the present is an extension of the past, and our predecessors are not our predecessors but are us. The Scribe is a remarkable book and hard to put down.
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- source: Michael Farris Smith, author of Rivers
- content: The Scribe creates a nightmare, penetrates the darkness, and balances ever so nimbly between the surreal and the physical worlds. Yet there is hope, always hope, and you'll follow that light at the end of the tunnel to see where Guinn will take you.
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- source: Don Noble;Tuscaloosa News
- content: One of the most tense and exciting novels I have read in ages.
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- source: Greg Iles, New York Times best-selling author of Natchez Burning
- content: Matthew Guinn is the real thing: a Southern literary craftsman who knows how to write a thriller. Do yourself a favor and read him.
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- content: So good.... Historical figures mingle freely with Guinn's own fully fleshed characters in a time and setting that make this horror story something much more than just scary reading at dusk.
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- source: Jim Ewing;The Clarion-Ledger
- content: A gripping tale that will have readers gasping, both in suspense and in horror.... [Guinn is] one of the most promising fiction writers in America today.
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- content: Few writers seem to understand the difficult balance between historical detail and suspense better than Edgar Award finalist Matthew Guinn. [The Scribe] is a master class in historical mystery.... A powerful, elaborate page-turner, perfect for fans of everything from Caleb Carr's The Alienist to Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian.
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Starred review from July 27, 2015
Set in Atlanta in 1881, this superior whodunit from Edgar-finalist Guinn (The Resurrectionist) stars Thomas Canby, a former detective on the Atlanta Police Force, who lost his job after a false accusation of taking bribes. When someone murders barber Alonzo Lewis, “the richest Negro in Atlanta,” severing his head and carving the letter M on his forehead, Canby’s old boss recalls the disgraced detective. The powers that be have suppressed the news, as the city is relying on the success of the International Cotton Exposition to revitalize municipal finances. Another wealthy African-American is killed soon afterward, but this time the letter A is left as the killer’s mark. Canby, who is white, partners with the city’s first African-American police officer, Cyrus Underwood. Since Underwood was the first to find both dead men, he himself is an obvious suspect, but the plot takes numerous turns before the final, painful resolution. The richness of the characters and period detail make the prospect of a sequel welcome. Agent: Emma Sweeney, Emma Sweeney Agency.
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Race, money, power, and scandal make for a potent brew in 1881 Atlanta. Disgraced detective Thomas Canby is brought back to investigate the ritualized murders of two Negro businessmen. Both were prosperous enough to have invested in the upcoming Exposition, which is intended to showcase the city as the forerunner of the New South. Both had letters carved into their foreheads, as did the ambitious prostitute who is killed the night Canby returns to Atlanta. The business community wants this solved pronto, but is this a fight within the black community, or something more sinister? Why was the Jewish upstart from Brooklyn framed to take the fall? Canby is teamed with Atlanta's first African American patrolman, who also becomes a suspect in the process. The action moves between the burgeoning city and the villages on the outskirts, ending in a thrilling railroad chase scene and an assassination attempt on a prominent American. VERDICT Guinn's (The Resurrectionist) latest, a mix of exciting and gruesome, will appeal to readers who like crime combined with history. Some, however, may find the ending frantic and inconclusive. [September LibraryReads pick, p. 111.--Ed.]--W. Keith McCoy, Somerset Cty. Lib. Syst., Bridgewater, NJ
Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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