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The Queen of Bedlam

By: Robert R. McCammon
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Summary

His epic masterwork Speaks the Nightbird, a tour de force of witch hunt terror in a colonial town, was hailed by Sandra Brown as "deeply satisfying...told with matchless insight into the human soul."

Now, Robert McCammon brings the hero of that spellbinding novel, Matthew Corbett, to 18th-century New York, where a killer wields a bloody and terrifying power over a bustling city carving out its identity - and over Matthew's own uncertain destiny.

The unsolved murder of a respected doctor has sent ripples of fear throughout a city teeming with life and noise and commerce. Who snuffed out the good man's life with the slash of a blade on a midnight street? The local printmaster has labeled the fiend "the Masker," adding fuel to a volatile mystery...and when the Masker claims a new victim, hardworking young law clerk Matthew Corbett is lured into a maze of forensic clues and heart-pounding investigation that will both test his natural penchant for detection and inflame his hunger for justice.

In the strangest twist of all, the key to unmasking the Masker may await in an asylum where the Queen of Bedlam reigns - and only a man of Matthew's reason and empathy can unlock her secrets. From the seaport to Wall Street, from society mansions to gutters glimmering with blood spilled by a deviant, Matthew's quest will tauntingly reveal the answers he seeks - and the chilling truths he cannot escape.

©2007 Robert McCammon (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
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Beautifully written, beautifully narrated.

I loved the first Matthew Corbett novel and wondered if there was any way to match the quality of that stunning book. I was so pleased to find that this is every bit as good. I love the characters, the way the author immerses the reader (listener) into the life of New York in the early 18thC, the twists and turns and red herrings of the plot. The icing on the cake is Edoardo Ballerini. His characterisations are spot-on and he brings Matthew totally to life. I read somewhere that there will be 10 in the Matthew Corbett series. I shall be downloading every one of them.

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good story

I am really enjoying this series of books. Very well narrated. Also thrilling at times

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Part two of what looks like a lot of good reading

This is great stuff. I am really looking forward to hearing the next one.

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Brilliant story telling

great mystery, which is slow paced and *well-cooked*. love the character and the narration is brilliant

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A new favourite series

Speaks The Night Bird could have been a standalone but through this second novel we are now set up for further adventures both public and private with Matthew Corbett. Good fun and convincing historical details. Recommended.

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What a gem

I partly chose this book for its length. I like a long book. Boy was I glad I did. Basically a whodunit, but told in the 17thC. A great plot with full of life characters, touches of humour all beautifully presented by this excellent narrator. Thoroughly recommended.

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a little disapointed

Where does The Queen of Bedlam rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Not sure yet

Would you recommend The Queen of Bedlam to your friends? Why or why not?

Not if they have read the others in this series

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Just great

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yes I don't feel as if the author was interested in writing this book Unlike the othe ones which are great Don't know what happened with this one.

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2nd book as good as first

Really enjoyed the 2nd in this series..well narrated..looking forward to yet more Matthew Corbett stories.

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Absouluty Fantastic

Really loved this book not my normal choice of book kept me totally enthralled from start to finish couldn't stop listening lots of sleepless nights. Love Edoardo Ballerini as narror don't think any other person could have told the story so well highly recommend 👌

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Brilliant

I loved every minute of this book. Matthew Corbett is fast becoming my new favourite.

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