The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel (edit title)

• Rated 3 stars

“took me a long time to get through this book, it was hard to understand at first. once i made it past the first to chapters i could get what was going on. had to read a 'lite' book afterwards....”

• Rated 5 stars

“Great mystery! Really enjoy Bayard's sense of humor, characters, writing, and evocation of place and time. I liked this even more than Mr. Timothy.”

• Rated 0 stars

“Very entertaining mystery, with EA Poe as a cadet--is he clueless or conniving? ”

• Rated 3 stars

“Unlike Mr. Timothy, this book, also with a promising premise, actually works. It is an inventive retelling of Poe.”

• Rated 5 stars

“a great fictional account of Edgar Allen Poe's brief stint in the military. Fun to read a mystery in which the characters have to rely on thought and instinct rather than fingerprints, labs, wiretaps, etc.”

• Rated 3 stars

“Murder mystery in 1830's America at the US Military Academy. Good Story.”

• Rated 5 stars

“An ending I didn't expect..”

• Rated 3 stars

“Interesting story about murders at West Point. It was a bit slow at times but generally a good plot. Towards the end an incident took place that almost had me put the book down and not finish the last 50 pages, as I thought it got too far fetched. But then the last few chapters ties it all together with a surpristing twist.

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• Rated 4 stars

“A great historical fiction read! What fun ... bits and pieces about Edgar Allen Poe ... who knew?! Quite a fun tale.”

• Rated 4 stars

“Best opening line I've read in a long time!”