Civil Blood

A Civil War Mystery #3

by Ann McMillan

In 1862, as smallpox sweeps through Richmond, devastating the local inhabitants, Narcissa Powers, a young widow-turned-nurse, Judah Daniel, a freed slave and herbalist, and British journalist Brit Wallace begin to suspect that the plague may not be accidental and set out to stop a killer intentionally infecting people with tainted money. 12,500 first printing.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Historical Mystery, Fiction, Civil War, Historical, American Civil War

196 pages, Hardcover

First published May 29, 2001

Reviews

[Jennifer Daniel · Rating 1 out of 5]

This just reinforced why I hate mysteries. A bunch of likely suspects and in the end they pull someone out of a hat and a-ha! that's the killer! I did learn a vast amount about the smallpox vaccination. That was quite interesting.

[Brittani Kaela · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story line was super interesting and thought provoking. I love any historical fiction books - so this kept my attention. Despite some other reviews I’ve read, I thought it was pretty slow, but it’s short.

[Amy the book-bat · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book satisfies requirement #8 ~ war/military fiction for the 2014 eclectic reader challenge.

I really liked the basic premise of the book. Someone was spreading small pox in Richmond, VA by spreading tainted money. Narcissa Powers, a nurse, and Judah Daniel, a free black doctoress are on a mission to find out who and stop a major outbreak. There are plenty of twists and turns and the basic story is pretty good. The problem I had with the book is that it seemed to become more of a soap opera in the middle. It took away from the medical mystery for me.