The Grant Conspiracy: Wake of the Civil War

by Lee Martin

Set among the splendor of the Rocky Mountains, The Grant Conspiracy (Wake of the Civil War) takes you to a Colorado mining town that’s being torn apart by an evil law firm out for revenge for1869's Black Friday, but a young lawyer, a newspaper woman and a black veteran join forces to save Grant. (inspired by a true event).

Lawyers Frost and Hancock are ex-Confederates who, with the help of their henchmen, are plotting the assassination of former president Ulysses S. Grant as he tours the Rockies in 1880. . But they’re not angry over the war; rather, their hatred comes from pure greed. They lost their fortunes in the attempt to corner the market because Grant dumped government gold into the mix.

Now, with Grant planning a tour of the Rockies in 1880, they’re scheming to lure him to Mountain Springs by inviting Matt Tyler, the man who saved the general’s life during the war, to come work for their law firm.

However, President Hayes is on to them and he’s sending the young lawyer to Colorado on a dangerous mission to scuttle their plan.

Greeted by one of many brutal murders of law clerks, Matt can immediately smell trouble in the air.

With allies such as the beautiful Jennifer White, who has incurred the constant ire of the firm with her blazing newspaper editorials, along with a black veteran inventor and the unexpected help of the unfaithful wife of one of the lawyers, Matt sets out to save Grant’s life a second time and bring peace to the fractured town.

340 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 10, 2015

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author on Goodreads with the name Lee Martin.

Lee Martin, author of The Bright Forever.
Lee Martin, Mystery Novels.
Lee Martin, Pseudonym of Anne Wingate
Lee Martin, Western Novels.

Reviews

[Steven Howes · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hokie. I thought I was watching an old Roy Rogers movie. This could do irreparable damage to the western as a serious literary genre.