Civil Blood A Civil War Mystery 3 Author:Ann McMillan 3rd in "A Civil War Mystery" series Set against the backdrop of 1860s Richmond, the adventures of Narcissa Powers, a well-to-do young white widow-turned-war nurse, and Judah Daniel, a freed slave and conjure woman, start as the war escalates and troops move in for battle. But in Richmond, an even greater threat looms: smallpox. As Narcissa... more », Judah, and their friend, the British journalist Brit Wallace, soon suspect, this is more than microbial contagion. It is a deadly crime, a plague intentionally planted on "tainted" money, and they must race to halt a killer more lethal than the cannons on the blood-soaked fields of combat.« less