The Resurrectionist (27 page)

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A reckoning with the persistence of evil in post–Civil War Atlanta.

The year is 1881, and a serial killer is on the loose in Atlanta, targeting the city's wealthiest black entrepreneurs. Disgraced detective Thomas Canby must solve the case—even as the murders become increasingly disturbing and his interference threatens to send the investigation spinning off in the wrong direction. In
The Scribe
, Edgar Award finalist Matthew Guinn draws readers into a vortex of tense, atmospheric storytelling, confronting the sins and fears of both old South and new.

“Talk about turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, Matthew Guinn nails turn-of-the-twentieth-century Southern history. Guinn captures the
look and feel of Georgia perfectly. It's a whodunit with a twist...a heady mix of history, sizzle, punch, and danger. A definite keeper.” — Steve Berry,
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Patriot Threat

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Guinn, Matthew.
The resurrectionist : a novel / Matthew Guinn. — First Edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-393-23931-7 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-393-24061-0 (ebook)
1. Medical Students—Fiction. 2. Secrets—Fiction.
3. Corpse removals—Fiction. 4. African Americans—Fiction.
I. Title.
PS3607.U4856R47 2013
813'.6—dc23

2013003760

ISBN 978-0-393-23931-7

ISBN 978-0-393-24061-0 (e-book)

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