The Lincoln Deception


Fiction - Historical - Event/Era
272 Pages
Reviewed on 08/12/2013
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Reviewed by Michelle Robertson for Readers' Favorite

The Lincoln Deception is a fascinating story of one of the most famous crimes in United States history; the Lincoln assassination. This event is brought to life with its historical fiction plot containing pages full of mystery, intriguing characters, deception, love, murder, and truth.

David O. Stewart brings to life the last statement of John Bingham, the actual lead prosecutor of the John Wilkes Booth conspirators. On his death bed, Bingham reveals knowledge of a secret to his physician. This secret was passed along to him by one of the conspirators on trial. However, Bingham states he will take it to his grave because it is too detrimental to the Republic of the United States, although it is now 1900, 35 years past the trial. John Bingham's physician is so fascinated by the concept of a missing link with the Booth conspirator theory that he sets out with another man to seek the truth and tell the world.

As a first-time reader of David O. Stewart's work, I was completely engulfed in the concept of this novel. Having two characters struggle with the way society would view them together in the 1900s -- as a black man and a white man working together -- in pursuit of a mystery 35 years old, was very well researched and most accurate. The author gives a brilliant view into the time period. Each step and process throughout the story was not predictable as most who know the different assassination conspiracies would suspect it to be. It is quite the contrary, being engaging and suspenseful throughout the entirety of the book.

Samantha Rivera

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is one of the biggest pieces of the history of the United States. Not only was it an important event when it occurred, but in 1900, when this story takes place, it is still near the front of many people’s minds. No one ever found out for sure why the assassination took place or who was pulling the strings but Dr. Fraser and Speed Cook are determined to do just that. They aren’t willing to let history be written without all of the necessary facts, which means a little digging and danger of their own. That’s because in The Lincoln Deception some people have too much to lose to let the secrets come out.

This story follows two men as they try to figure out exactly how and why President Lincoln was assassinated. It’s intriguing the way this story develops from one man’s deathbed confession into a huge quest that they can’t seem to walk away from, no matter how dangerous it gets. Stewart took an event that was perhaps one of the biggest mysteries in history and turned it into an even bigger one. This story is steeped in enough historical facts that you’ll be amazed by what you learn and, of course, amazed by the great way it all plays out in the end. You’ll learn things you never knew about the history of America and the people who helped on both sides of the Civil War. It’s never too late to learn the truth in The Lincoln Deception.