North Star Conspiracy

by Miriam Grace Monfredo

Paperback, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Series

Glynis Tryon (2)

Genres

Publication

New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 1995

Description

Seneca Falls librarian Glynis Tryon finds herself involved with helping slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad in 1854. When she investigates the mysterious death of a freed slave, a terrible secret from the past is unearthed. She must travel to Richmond, Virginia, where an exciting court room trial reveals the root of the scandalous secret. The opening night of Shakespeare's MacBeth in Seneca Falls' new theater exposes the killer after a deadly chase. .

User reviews

LibraryThing member Romonko

Ms. Monfredo is a force to be reckoned with within the historical mystery genre. Her heroine, Glynis Tryon, is a wonderful creation. She is by far one of the most intereting and realistic historical fiction characters that I have come across in quite some time. This book is an historical mystery,

but it is also an expose of the American Slave Trade. Ms. Monfredo blends real-life people such as Elizabeth Stanton and Harriet Tubman into her stories, and this makes the books fascinating and truly informative. This book illustrates the powerlessness of women and slaves during the 1840's in America. And we also get a first-class mystery that kept me guessing throughout. I simply cannot wait now to read the next story in this powerful series.

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LibraryThing member Citizenjoyce

Our crime fighting, feminist librarian Glynis Tryon is back 7 years before the Civil War, and North Star Conspiracy talks about the Underground Railroad, the Fugitive Slave Act and of course the fight for women's rights. Notable historical figures this time include Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady

Stanton, Frederick Douglass, Mathew Brady, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman who is mentioned but doesn't actually make it on the scene. It seems no matter where women worked, whoever they supported thanked them for their efforts then ignored their value when push came to shove. Even Frederick Douglass turned against their needs in the end thinking women's rights would follow along in their own good time. Look what's happened in Egypt. Women support a revolution then get pushed right back into the kitchen and bedroom where they are thought to belong.

I love the way Monfredo involves these people in a story that makes the times understandable. She puts so much research into her books and expresses it so clearly she's both a delight and an education to read.

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LibraryThing member RobertaLea

Good series!

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