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In *Bone Rattler*, Eliot Pattison renders a vivid historical thriller set in the 18th‑century New York colony. Duncan McCallum, a Scottish prisoner aboard a British convict ship, quickly discovers that the ship’s hold hides a web of violence: murders, suicides, and a cascade of cryptic clues. As Duncan hunts the hidden perpetrators, he is drawn into the violent fray of the French and Indian War, where the fate of the prisoners and the colony itself hang in the balance. Rich in period detail and grounded in the era’s harsh realities, the novel follows Duncan’s desperate quest for truth amid suspicion, betrayal, and the stark brutality of war.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Eliot Pattison
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