Subtle Waters

On New Years Eve 1870, someone shot business tycoon Jerome Featherstone in the back and dumped his body in the harbor. The murderer slipped clean away, eluding locals and historians for generations to come.In 2010, aspiring historian Garrett Matthews pursues his love of the past as well as the mystery surrounding Jerome Featherstone's untimely death, but with the trail gone cold after 140 years, educated speculation and unrelenting research will have to do.Until an invitation arrives...
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On New Years Eve 1870, someone shot business tycoon Jerome Featherstone in the back and dumped his body in the harbor. The murderer slipped clean away, eluding locals and historians for generations to come.In 2010, aspiring historian Garrett Matthews pursues his love of the past as well as the mystery surrounding Jerome Featherstone's untimely death, but with the trail gone cold after 140 years, educated speculation and unrelenting research will have to do.Until an invitation arrives with an impossible opportunity to observe the times and circumstances surrounding the Featherstone Murder... firsthand. Accompanied by his best friend, Garrett slips through time and together they meet the stranger who extended the invitation, a man from Garrett's future who has settled into 1870 life as a reporter.Armed with extensive foreknowledge and connections, the three set out to discover the identity of the Featherstone Murderer before the fateful night, but at what cost? Like drops of water in a bowl, their actions cause a ripple effect, altering history as they know it and unintentionally catching the attention of the murderer, who determines to remain anonymous...