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From a debut novelist, a gripping historical thriller and rousing love tale set in 17th-century Manhattan. It's 1663 in the very small, hardscrabble Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, now present-day southern Manhattan. Orphan children 're going missing, and among those looking at the mysterious state of affairs are a quick-witted 22-year-old investor, Blandine von Couvering, herself an orphan, and a dashing English spy named Edward Drummond. Suspects abound, like the governor's prosperous nephew, a green-eyed aristocrat with decadent tastes; an Algonquin trapper who may be possessed by way of a demon that changes people into cannibals; and the colony's own corrupt and conflicted orphanmaster. Both seek out the killer and Edward and Blandine's newfound romance are endangered, however, when Blandine is accused of being a witch and Edward is sentenced to hold for espionage. In the mean time, warfare looms as the British king strategies to wrest control of the colony. Jean Zimmerman brings New Amsterdam and its bordering wilderness alive for modern-day viewers with exacting period aspect. Lively, overly busy, and filled with colorful people, The Orphanmaster is a dramatic page-turner that will appeal to followers of Hilary Mantel and Geraldine Brooks.

Category: Historical