The Third Mrs Galway by Deirdre Sinnott

The Third Mrs Galway is a fictional account of the anti-abolitionist riots in Utica New York and the role the city played in the Underground Railroad/abolitionist movement in central New York. Historical fiction is almost always a mixed bag for me and this is no exception; there are facts and dialogue that feels shoehorned in but a story that has some genuinely exciting moments. A young woman, newly married, finds herself in the middle of a runaway enslaved family, a predatory doctor, addiction and a flirtation. It's a lot. But well told about and about a part of the world I've always found interesting.

Thanks to the Early Reviewers program for a chance to be reminded that American history has always been bloody.