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nursenell's review against another edition
5.0
This is an excellent book set in the mid 1850's in Seneca Falls, NY. It is primarily about the underground railroad. Glynis Tyron, the town librarian who has been working for the right of women to vote, has always felt slavery was a grave wrong. Until the issue hits close to home she hasn't become involved in the abolition movement because she is more comfortable obeying the law. When her landlady's son helps a young woman slave escape from VA Glynis becomes involved in helping her hide from the slave hunter. Meanwhile several people in Seneca Falls have been murdered, and their deaths seem to be involved with the slave hunter.
I thought the author did a very good job of making the reader feel as if you were there, hidden in a wagon's secret compartment, hidden inside a wall behind a bookcase, and hiding in plain sight dressed as a mourner complete with head coverings.
I thought the author did a very good job of making the reader feel as if you were there, hidden in a wagon's secret compartment, hidden inside a wall behind a bookcase, and hiding in plain sight dressed as a mourner complete with head coverings.
jcbmathcat's review against another edition
4.0
This is the second book in the series about librarian Glynis Tryon from Seneca Falls, New York. I think there are only five or six books in this particular series and I'll probably read them all. Not only does Monfredo write mysteries, but she pulls historical events into them, as well as people who were the movers and shakers of the time.
In her first book, Seneca Falls Inheritance, the historical events involved the Women's Movement and suffrage. In North Star Conspiracy, slavery and the Underground Railroad play an important part in the story.
I had trouble putting this book down once I started reading. I liked it more than Monfredo's first book; perhaps knowing the backgrounds of many of the characters helped, as I've invested in them and feel as if they're old friends.
I recommend this series and would have given this a 4.5 rating if partial stars were allowed!
In her first book, Seneca Falls Inheritance, the historical events involved the Women's Movement and suffrage. In North Star Conspiracy, slavery and the Underground Railroad play an important part in the story.
I had trouble putting this book down once I started reading. I liked it more than Monfredo's first book; perhaps knowing the backgrounds of many of the characters helped, as I've invested in them and feel as if they're old friends.
I recommend this series and would have given this a 4.5 rating if partial stars were allowed!
leighryks's review against another edition
3.0
North Star Conspiracy by Miriam Grace Monfredo (1995)
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