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First Place Winner of the 2013 Chanticleer Book Award for Best Historical Mystery. Finalist in the Best Digital Fiction Award, New Generation Book Awards, 2014.

In post Civil War New York City, Detective Pat O'Malley is living inside Poe's Cottage in the Bronx. O'Malley is haunted by Poe one night, and the detective finds a strange note. As a result, O'Malley decides to prove that Edgar Allan Poe did not die in Baltimore from an alcoholic binge but was, instead, murdered. O'Malley quickly becomes embroiled in a "cold case" that thrusts him into the lair of one of the most sinister and ruthless killers in 1865 New York City. Jim Musgrave's "Forevermore" is a quick read in four acts that will keep your mind razor sharp trying to solve the mystery of Poe's murder. Pat O'Malley must first find out how to become intimate with females before he can discover the final clue in this puzzle of wits, murder and romance.

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October 3, 1849, Baltimore


Edgar fingered the outline of the Uberti pocket revolver. It was resting in a leather holster strapped diagonally across his chest beneath the black vest and under the black waist coat. As the hunted, he was well aware of the extra thunder he required in order to even the odds against the hunter. Where could his antagonist be? Was he perhaps the tall gentleman sitting in the window seat across the aisle from him? Edgar thought he saw the man glance in his direction several times after they both got on in New York. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

1. How do dreams help O’Malley overcome his fear of sexual intimacy?
2. What importance does the symbol of the “black cat” have to this mystery?
3. What importance is the murder of Mary Rogers to Patrick O’Brien and his attempt to solve the Poe murder case?

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