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THE TINEN KILLINGS A NOVEL OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS |
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BY J.D. SOLOMON April, 1898 — As America steamrolls toward war with Spain, Major Patrick Sherman Tinen, an aging Union veteran of the Civil War and a hero at Gettysburg, is sleepwalking through old age at the mammoth National Soldiers’ Home in Elizabeth City, Virginia. But then Tinen’s son, a failed Klondike prospector, is murdered after a clumsy attempt to blackmail one of Philadelphia’s most powerful financiers. Conducting the investigation is the popular and politically ambitious county sheriff, Jed Roberts. Although Roberts is the son of a brave Confederate officer killed in Pickett’s Charge, the sheriff has no interest in the past. His focus is on the unlimited future offered by the new century, and he is already planning a run for Congress in the keystone year of 1900. First, though, he must solve this horrendous crime; if he fails, his promising political future will never get off the ground. Meanwhile, the powerful financier behind the murder has troubles of his own. Decades of financial double-dealing are finally catching up to him; creditors are closing in and his respectable name is in jeopardy. Out of options, he decides to turn one last time to a dark business he learned from his grandfather years ago—the buying and selling of human beings. Sheriff Roberts enlists Tinen’s help in tracing the crime to Philadelphia, where he gets unexpected assistance from the major’s estranged daughter. There they will come to terms with the ruthless financier, who has ordered his allies to stop the investigation at all costs. Read an excerpt | Buy the book
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WESTFIELD, NJ The central character in this novel, Patrick Sherman Tinen, was my wife’s great-great-grandfather. I’ve been doing research into his life for nearly 25 years. This book is the result of that effort. MORE ABOUT THE 69TH PA Paddy Owen's Regulars: A regimental history of the 69th The 69th's commander at Gettysburg Original regimental history from 1880's The Irish roots of the 69th PA 69th PA Irish Volunteers: Pennsylvania Reenactors The 69th's California Reenactors |
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