Hiding in Plain Sight
Kate Warne and the Race to Save Abraham Lincoln
Beth Anderson
- America’s
- first
- female
- detective
- Kate
- Warne’s
- mission?
- Protect
- president-elect
- Abraham
- Lincoln
- from
- Southern
- rebels
- bent
- on
- assassinating
- him
- before
- his
- inauguration.Abraham
- Lincoln
- faces
- a
- dangerous
- and
- uncertain
- future
- after
- leaving
- Springfield,
- Illinois,
- for
- his
- inauguration
- in
- Washington,
- DC.
- Luckily
- for
- him,
- detective
- Kate
- Warne
- has
- his
- back,
- even
- if
- he
- didn’t
- know
- it
- yet.Working
- for
- the
- Pinkerton
- Detective
- Agency,
- Kate
- uncovers
- the
- rebel
- plot
- to
- kill
- Abraham
- Lincoln
- in
- Baltimore.
- Kate
- warns
- Lincoln’s
- staff
- that
- this
- only
- Southern
- city
- on
- his
- inaugural
- train
- route
- to
- Washington,
- DC
- is
- planning
- a
- deadly
- welcome.
- President-elect
- Lincoln
- is
- urged
- to
- change
- his
- route.
- But
- he
- refuses
- to
- cancel
- his
- commitments.
- In
- a
- race
- against
- time,
- Kate
- and
- Pinkerton
- have
- one
- last
- chance.
- Using
- disguises,
- false
- names,
- and
- the
- cover
- of
- darkness,
- the
- detectives
- put
- their
- plan
- into
- action.Can
- they
- sneak
- Lincoln
- through
- Baltimore
- undetected?
Can
- they
- fool
- the
- spies
- watching
- his
- every
- move?
Can
- they
- get
- Lincoln
- safely
- to
- DC?This
- exciting
- American
- history
- picture
- book
- from
- award-winning
- author
- Beth
- Anderson,
- well-known
- for
- action-packed
- books
- on
- daring
- women,
- and
- illustrated
- by
- Sally
- Wern
- Comport
- in
- her
- signature
- mix
- of
- collage,
- drawing,
- and
- paint,
- brings
- Kate
- Warne
- to
- thrilling
- and
- vivid
- life.A
- great
- read
- for
- President's Day!
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