Queen of Bedlam. Mackammon R.

"It is said: than to curse the darkness, it is better to light the candle. However, in the summer of 1702, in the city of New York, no curses did not do without curses, because the candles were small, and the darkness was great. ”

So, welcome to the colonial New York, who recently former the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam. The city - all 5,000 inhabitants - with excitement expects the arrival of a new governor (according to rumors, a close relative of Her Majesty Queen England). And Matthew Corbett, the secretary of the justice of the peace, does not give rest the mystery of the serial killer, nicknamed Masik. And it seems that the key to his personality is kept by an elderly lady living in a distant shelter for the insane ones, known as the Queen of Bedlam...

“An exciting historical detective from the author, who could compete on his field with the“ king of horrors ”by Stephen King "(Publishers Weekly) is published in a new translation. Also, the book includes the story “Night Cork”, the action of which takes place shortly after the events of “Queen Bedlam.”