Mister Slaughter (Matthew Corbett 3) The world of Colonial America comes vibrantly to life in this masterful new historical thriller by Robert McCammon The latest entry in the popular Matthew Corbett series, which began with Speaks the Nightbird and continued in The Queen of Bedla metropolis of New York City in 1702, and proceeds to take both Matthew and the reader on an unforgettable journey of horror, violence, and personal discovery The journey begins when Matthe an apprentice "probleency, accepts an unusual and hazardous coue, Hudson Greathouse, he agrees to escort the notorious hter from an asylu the way, Slaughter- offer Mister Slaughter is at once a classic portrait of an archetypal serial killer and an exquisitely detailed account of a fledgling nation still in the process of inventing itself