' Thought provoking and mysterious until the end.

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As always, Carter tells a well-plotted mystery, one that unravels slowly over time but always in unexpected directions.' As the years go by, and Eddie's career as a writer flourishes, he inadvertently becomes entangled in the history of the United States, from the formation of militant groups such as the Black Panthers and the Weathermen, the assassinations of J.F.K., Bobby Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, the ripple effects of the Vietnam War, to the Watergate scandal. and the most dangerous war-torn sections of Saigon. Thus begins a nearly 20-year-long investigation that leads Eddie to the highest levels of Washington, D.C. Months later, and seemingly unrelated at first, Eddie's younger sister disappears without a trace. Gripped in the man's hand is an inverted cross with a cryptic message engraved on it. Stumbling through the park at night, he trips on the body of a well-known lawyer. On the night of her wedding (to another man), Eddie gets embarrassingly drunk and is booted from the reception. Carter, 'Palace Council' tells the story of the turbulent 1960s through the eyes of Eddie Wesley, a young black man from upper-class Harlem, and Aurelia Treene, Eddie's first and only love.

'Another excellent mystery from Stephen L. Stephen Carter’s novel is as complex as it is suspenseful, and with his unique ability to turn stereotypes inside out, Palace Council is certain to enthrall listeners to the very last moment. As Eddie and Aurelia uncover layer upon layer of intrigue, their odyssey takes them from the wealthy drawing rooms of New York through the shady corners of radical politics, all the way to the Oval Office. When Eddie’s younger sister mysteriously disappears, Eddie and the woman he loves, Aurelia Treene, are pulled into what becomes a twenty-year search for the truth.

Soon after, the body of one of these men is found by Eddie Wesley, Harlem’s rising literary star.

Publisher the summer of 1952, twenty prominent men gather at a secret meeting on Martha’s Vineyard and devise a plot to manipulate the President of the United States.

Palace Council by Stephen L. Carter