A friend of mine who is a Civil War nut got me into Abraham Lincoln and his assassination, so I came to this book with a healthy interest in the history behind it but I wasn’t at all prepared for the fantasy twist it takes. However, the writing was so phenomenal that I was drawn into the plot before I could even question whether I was reading historical fiction or a supernatural thriller. And I found myself quite enjoying the paranormal aspect!I won’t put in any spoilers, but the plot basically revolves around John Wilkes Booth (Lincoln’s assassin) and we get large parts of the story from his point of view. Booth, who is known as “Wilkes” to his friends, is haunted by an evil spirit who had connections to Booth in a past life, and intentions for Wilkes to carry out diabolical plans in this one. The author skillfully interweaves one period of history (Civil War-era) with another (Ancient Rome) and ties everything together with an intriguing mystery and a good dose of psychological suspense. The details on setting and character were so well done that I literally felt like I was on the streets of nineteenth-century Washington D.C. and could see and smell the horse-drawn carriages, the smoky saloons, and President Lincoln’s shabby, run-down White House. This author obviously did a ton of research for this book because there were so many little details inserted here and there that were just fantastic about the time period.I will definitely be checking out other books by this writer, as I believe she’s done a couple of other time-travel novels and I bet they’re amazing. Would strongly recommend this one to anyone interested in history, quality fiction, or thriller/suspense.