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Anne Cartier #7
Assassins' Rage
14th July 1789. Anne Cartier observes a mob storming the Bastille as the city revolts and the kings authority vanishes. When several royal officers are assassinated, Annes husband, Colonel Paul de Saint-Martin, is called upon to investigate. Then a mob lynches a troublesome baker and Anne looks into the incident. Anne and Paul find several suspects for these murders and evidence of a mastermind, a hidden hand . . .
- GenresMystery
244 pages, Hardcover
First published July 17, 2008
About the author
Charles O'Brien
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The Columbia University educated historian embarked on his mystery writing career in 1988, six years before he retired from the WIU history department. O'Brien's wife Elvy, an art historian, had moved to Williamstown, VA, after accepting a position with the J. Paul Getty Trust, then at the Clark Art Institute. That began a series of long commutes for O'Brien.
"I wanted to make use of time on board (trains and planes) and in airports. Many of my fellow passengers were reading crime novels. I thought why not exploit my fund of historical settings and write a historical mystery," O'Brien explained. "The idea of 'Mute Witness' blossomed in the air between Albany and Chicago."
When O'Brien retired in 1994 after 22 years of teaching at Western, he began to seriously study the art of writing fiction with colleague Tama Baldwin of the WIU English faculty.
The Columbia University educated historian embarked on his mystery writing career in 1988, six years before he retired from the WIU history department. O'Brien's wife Elvy, an art historian, had moved to Williamstown, VA, after accepting a position with the J. Paul Getty Trust, then at the Clark Art Institute. That began a series of long commutes for O'Brien.
"I wanted to make use of time on board (trains and planes) and in airports. Many of my fellow passengers were reading crime novels. I thought why not exploit my fund of historical settings and write a historical mystery," O'Brien explained. "The idea of 'Mute Witness' blossomed in the air between Albany and Chicago."
When O'Brien retired in 1994 after 22 years of teaching at Western, he began to seriously study the art of writing fiction with colleague Tama Baldwin of the WIU English faculty.
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June 29, 2011
The Anne Cartier series is set in a very interesting time period - France within a few years of the Revolution. Up to this point, the warnings have been few & far-off with life as it has been lived for centuries, but things have gotten a lot more ominous in the last two books. This one opens with the fall of the Bastille, so darkness is imminently on the horizon, & indeed the mystery here is one of murder cunningly masked to look like spontaneous "mob rule." What will be interesting to a reader only somewhat familiar with the times is how everything seems like it may still return to how it was. Readers will reach the end wondering what the next couple of books will find the characters facing.
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