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MWSA Review
Peter Adams Young’s Another Death at Antietam weaves together four plotlines into a suspenseful tapestry of murder, human trafficking, illegal guns, and an unsanctioned militia. The blend of historical and well-researched facts with a modern-day “who-done-it” leads readers on a merry chase, wondering where they will end up.
Against the backdrop of one of America’s bloodiest battles at Antietam, Young draws the audience into its lingering echoes, its wounds still unhealed after more than a century. His band of characters is diverse, entertaining, well-developed, and credible.
The dialogue is especially well-crafted, sounding natural while revealing motivations, tensions, and personalities that deepen character development. The details of their exploits are vivid, and the language colorful.
Young presents a careful balance between history and mystery. Despite minor editing errors, the storyline is entertaining and thoughtful. Readers will glean tidbits and insights into a past that remains among the most painful in our nation’s history.
Review by Sandi Cathcart
Author's Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 1998
Compelling echoes of the Civil War resonate to the present day.
Five days before the 136th anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history, the body of a young man is found at the center of the Antietam National Cemetery. He is wearing the uniform of a Union Army private. Annie and Mike Davis are drawn into the leisurely official investigation into the mystery of the young man’s death, eventually encountering intertwined evidence of human trafficking, illegal arms smuggling, and a self-styled constitutional militia unit.
This is the second of the series of modern-day murder mysteries by award-winning author Peter Adams Young. The first of these, "Another Death at Gettysburg", is set in and around that historic battlefield.
Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle
Review genre: Fiction—Mystery/Thriller/Crime
Pages/Word count: 434 / 119,158