Miriam Grace Monfredo Books In Order

Publication Order of Cain Trilogy Books

Publication Order of The Seneca Falls Books

Publication Order of Anthologies

Miriam Grace Monfredo is a published American author.

She lives in western New York State, the same place that her Seneca Falls Historical Mystery Series is set. Miriam is not only a historian but also a former librarian. Her first novel was Seneca Falls Inheritance and was Agatha nominated for the Best First Mystery Novel 1992. The book is set on the backdrop of the first Women’s Rights Convention, which was held in 1848.

Ever since then, Monfredo has written more novels all dealing with the history of America as well as the evolution of women and minority rights. Her latest book to come out was Children of Cain, the third part of a Civil War trilogy that takes place in D.C. and Virginia throughout the Union’s 1862 Peninsula Campaign.

Her book the Brothers of Cain did well, receiving the 2001 Herodotus for the year’s Best Historical Mystery. She also received the 2000 Career Achievement Award for Historical Mystery Writing by the Romantic Times.

North Star Conspiracy, her second book, was picked for the statewide 2002 Alaska Reads a Book program and was picked by the Alaska Association of School Librarians for the 2002-2003 Battle of the Books motivational reading program. It was also picked for the 2005 Brookline Reads the Same Book in Massachusetts and for the 2005-2006 Central New York Reads Consortium.

Her fifth book The Stalking Horse was picked by the Voice of Youth Advocacy as one of the 1998 best adult mystery stories for young adults. She also received the 1996 Writing in Rochester Award from Writers & Books.

The short fiction that Monfredo has written has been featured in magazines and anthologies. This extends to two Best of the Year collections. Miriam is also the co-editor of 2 different historical mystery anthologies.

She also sometimes teaches writing workshops that take place at Writers & Books. She lives on Irondequoit Creek and shares her home with her dogs and cats. She also plays host to her gang of mallard ducks.

Sisters of Cain is the first book in the Cain Series by Miriam Grace Monfredo. If you have been looking for some new and interesting historical fiction to read, this just might be the book for you.

The place is Washington City and the year is 1862. President Lincoln is able to get the Union troops to rally in time to take on the largest single campaign of the Civil War. Two sisters from Seneca Falls get ready to take their place among the huge players of history, inspired by the fires of conviction.

Bronwyn Llyr is part of the new special intelligence force of the Treasury and as such finds that she is not only undercover but behind the lines. Not only that, her sister Kathryn is a volunteer nurse for the Union Army.

Taking place in the heart of the enemy’s territory and right in the middle of battle, the sisters are going to have to take on a strange mystery and solve it while also doing their best to try and deal with a Rebel conspiracy that could risk both of their lives and even end up deciding how the war ends entirely. Read this book to find out what happens by reading the debut in the Cain series from Miriam Grace Monfredo!

Brothers of Cain is the second book in the Cain Series by Miriam Grace Monfredo. The year is 1862 and the troops are getting ready to take on Richmond.

So Bronwyn Llyr’s story starts again in 1862 Virginia, where Union troops are getting ready to take Richmond. The undercover agent along with her sister Kathryn find out that their brother has been taken prisoner. They’re going to risk it all in order to liberate him from freedom before he meets his end as a result of hanging.

The only problem is that time is running out. As she has less and less time available to her, she also finds that she has less and less hope. Will she and her sister be able to save their brother or are they going to find out that the clock has the advantage on them? Read the fascinating second book in the Cain series to find out!