Books: Michael Stoddard American Revolution Mysteries
In Mysteries of the American Revolution, Michael Stoddard, a young British officer, appears as a minor character. Now he has his own series.
The year is 1781. The Eighty-Second infantry regiment, Stoddard's unit, occupies the port town of Wilmington, North Carolina. Its mission is to assist Lord Cornwallis in subduing the rebellion. Stoddard’s commander assigns him to investigate local civilian crimes. But these crimes are never as simple as they first appear—for the color of a man’s coat doesn’t always signify his allegiance. (Projected six-book series.)
Deadly Occupation
A wayward wife, a weapons trafficker, and a woman with “second sight”—it’s a puzzle that would have daunted any investigator. But Michael Stoddard wasn’t just any investigator.
Late January 1781, in coastal North Carolina, patriots flee before the approach of the Eighty-Second Regiment, leaving behind defenseless civilians to surrender the town of Wilmington to the Crown. The regiment’s commander assigns Lieutenant Michael Stoddard the tasks of tracking down a missing woman and probing into the suspicious activities of an unusual church. But as soon as Michael starts sniffing around, he discovers that some of those not-so-defenseless civilians are desperately hiding a history of evil. "A time machine to another time and place by masterful storyteller Suzanne Adair." — Midwest Book Review Buy: Paperback ~ Kindle US ~ Kindle UK ~ Nook ~ Apple ~ Kobo
Regulated for Murder
For ten years, an execution hid murder. Then Michael Stoddard came to town.
Bearing a dispatch from his commander in coastal Wilmington, North Carolina, redcoat Lieutenant Michael Stoddard arrives in Hillsborough in February 1781 in civilian garb. He expects to hand a letter to a courier working for Lord Cornwallis, then ride back to Wilmington the next day. Instead, Michael is greeted by the courier's freshly murdered corpse, a chilling trail of clues leading back to an execution ten years earlier, and a sheriff with a fondness for framing innocents—and plans to deliver Michael up to his nemesis, a psychopathic British officer. Awards:
Suspense Magazine "Best of 2011" "This is mystery writing at its best." — Great Historicals Buy: Paperback ~ Kindle US ~ Kindle UK ~ Nook ~ Apple ~ Kobo
A Hostage to Heritage
A boy kidnapped for ransom. And a madman who didn't bargain on Michael Stoddard's tenacity.
Spring 1781. The American Revolution enters its seventh grueling year. In Wilmington, North Carolina, redcoat investigator Lieutenant Michael Stoddard expects to round up two miscreants before Lord Cornwallis's army arrives for supplies. But his quarries' trail crosses with that of a criminal who has abducted a high-profile English heir. Michael's efforts to track down the boy plunge him into a twilight of terror from radical insurrectionists, whiskey smugglers, and snarled secrets out of his own past in Yorkshire. Awards:
Indie Book of the Day Award recipient "Suzanne Adair is on top of her game with this one." — Jim Chambers, Amazon Hall of Fame Top 10 Reviewer Buy: Paperback ~ Kindle US ~ Kindle UK ~ Nook ~ Apple ~ Kobo
Killer Debt
A slain loyalist financier, a patriot synagogue, a desperate debtor. And Michael Stoddard, who was determined to see justice done.
July 1781. The American Revolution rages in North Carolina. Redcoat investigator Captain Michael Stoddard is given the high-profile, demanding job of guarding a signer of the Declaration of Independence on a diplomatic mission to Crown-occupied Wilmington. When a psychopathic fellow officer with his own agenda is assigned to investigate a financier’s murder, Michael is furious. The officer’s threats to impose fines on the owner of a tavern and link her brother to the financier’s murder draw Michael into the case—to his own peril and that of innocent civilians. For neither killer nor victim are what they first seem. Awards:
- Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Historical Mystery/Suspense finalist