The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

The Hour of Peril is a gripping historical thriller that uncovers the true story of an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War.

With the pace and urgency of a race-against-the-clock thriller, author Daniel Stashower takes readers on a captivating journey through the legendary detective Allan Pinkerton's feverish efforts to detect and thwart the plot.

As Lincoln's train rolled inexorably toward "the seat of danger," Pinkerton struggled to unravel the ever-changing details of the murder plot, even as he contended with the intractability of Lincoln and his advisors, who refused to believe that the danger was real.

With time running out, Pinkerton took a desperate gamble, staking Lincoln's life—and the future of the nation—on a "perilous feint" that seemed to offer the only chance that Lincoln would survive to become president.

This spellbinding historical narrative is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, politics, or the intriguing story of how Abraham Lincoln's life was saved from an assassin's bullet.