PALE GHOST: A Joseph Fisher Colonial Mystery

by Clayton Emery

Amid the flames of frontier war, one man spies murder... 1703 New England is ravaged by flintlock and tomahawk. Mohawk warriors and French Marines kill, loot, and burn, then drag captives away to slavery and torture. Yet Joseph Fisher tracks an evil worse than war. For a murderer has used the raids to cover a trail of butchery and betrayal. Travelers vanish, soldiers muster, fanatics rail, and pirates ply the waves. Even dead men walk as a killer strikes again and again. Raised by Indians, schooled by Jesuits, trained by Puritans, Joseph is a man of three worlds who belongs to none. Condemned by society and crippled by consumption, his only weapons are an iron will and a keen mind. "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." No one will stop Joseph from digging up the truth. "When it comes to creating an authentic atmosphere for the historical mystery, Clayton Emery ranks with the best in the genre." Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

264 pages, Paperback

First published April 2, 2009

About the author

Clayton Emery is an umpteen-generations Yankee, Navy brat, and aging hippie who grew up playing Robin Hood in the forests of New England.

He's been a blacksmith, dishwasher, schoolteacher in Australia, carpenter, zookeeper, farmhand, land surveyor, volunteer firefighter, and award-winning technical writer.

He's a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America.

Clayton lives with his sweetie in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where his ancestors came ashore in 1635.

From: http://www.claytonemery.com/CE_bio.html

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Set during the French & Indian war, in the small village of Hull, Maine. Mohawks and French soldiers attack Hull and capture a number of it's citizens, but some of their actions are puzzling. Joseph Fisher does what he can to figure out what's been happening.

Clayton Emery---PLEASE give me more of this series.