The New York Times bestselling author of MRS. LINCOLN'S DRESSMAKER returns with a riveting work of historical fiction chronicling the life of Lincoln's assassin, the notorious John Wilkes Booth, and the four women who kept his perilous confidence.

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the extraordinary friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who won her freedom by the skill of her needle, and the friendship of the First Lady by her devotion.