Death in the Moonlight

by Warren Bull

Abraham Lincoln is one of the most loved and the single most despised president in American History. Scholars continue to write about and debate his every word. In each generation many people seek to claim him as their own while others try to slander or disown him entirely. No American can ignore him.

In my novel, Death in the Moonlight, Abraham Lincoln’s “A house divided” speech is witnessed by August Dietrich, a reporter for a newspaper that supports the abolition of slavery and Thaddeus Chapel, a reporter whose newspaper strongly supports and defends slavery. Their perception of the speech and the man differ widely. When they hear rumors that Lincoln suborned perjury and falsified evidence to save the son of an old friend, they join in an unlikely alliance to search out the truth, whatever it may be. Chapel and Dietrich travel together to hear and to report about the Lincoln –Douglas debates. They interview Lincoln jointly about his personal, religious and political views.

They interview the principals involved in the Duff Armstrong murder trial, the most famous legal cases in Lincoln career as an attorney. In the end they draw their own conclusions about the enigmatic senatorial candidate and the death in the moonlight.

348 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 2, 2011

About the author

Warren is an award-winning author with more than a hundred published short stories. He has also published two novels: Abraham Lincoln for the Defense and Heartland. He has three short story collections in print, Murder Manhattan, No Happy Endings as well as Killer Eulogy and Other Stories on Untreed Reads. He worked as a clinical psychologist for thirty years. He comes from a functional family and is is fierce competitor at trivia games. He is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and a lifetime member of Sisters in Crime with no hope of parole.