William Martin

Author of the feted historical thrillers Back Bay, Harvard Yard, and Cape Cod, William Martin journeyed to the far corners of New England to research his latest novel, The Lost Constitution, in which his steady protagonist, enigmatic rare book dealer Peter Fallon, races across several centuries and six states searching for an original draft of our founding fathers’ greatest work. On the pages that follow, he offers a behind-the-scenes tour of his New England—and describes how these six locales offered the ideal backdrops to his action-packed mystery adventure.

Author of the feted historical thrillers Back Bay, Harvard Yard, and Cape Cod, William Martin journeyed to the far corners of New England to research his latest novel, The Lost Constitution, in which his steady protagonist, enigmatic rare book dealer Peter Fallon, races across several centuries and six states searching for an original draft of our founding fathers’ greatest work. On the pages that follow, he offers a behind-the-scenes tour of his New England—and describes how these six locales offered the ideal backdrops to his action-packed mystery adventure.

The Race to Save the Rare Books

While City Hall and activist patrons quarrel over the future of the Boston Public Library, thousands of the world’s oldest and most valuable books sit on its shelves, slowly rotting away. It’s up to Stuart Walker, Lord help him, to wage the lonely, page-by-page battle to keep them from being lost for good.

By William Martin