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Dead to Rights
By Robert Gold
Robert L. Gold’s historical novel Dead to Rights is the first in his Colonial Cities mystery series

Dead to Rights
is a fascinating and entertaining historical novel set primarily in colonial Savannah. The plot revolves around a series of murders so brutal that Justice of the Peace James Morgan is aghast at the killer’s method and motive. As the murders continue, a pattern develops as Morgan chases evidence from Savannah to St. Augustine to Havana. The mystery unfolds in a well defined historical context of colonial America. Author and historian Robert Gold sprinkles historical details throughout the book. Details of the era include conversation, politics, housing, city structure, food, clothing, travel, and a trove of Spanish bullion that disappeared from a shipwreck and turns up in the possession of some suspect citizens of Savannah. As the mystery unravels and the motive becomes clear, Morgan finds himself with some sympathies with the killer and does not to pursue the case.
This book is a good read and a good historical portrait of colonial American by a noted historian.

Marcinson Press (October 21, 2015)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 484 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎
0989373274

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎
978-0989373272