A review by em_beddedinbooks
The Queen of Bedlam by Robert R. McCammon

4.0

Second of the Matthew Corbett series (the first book of which I liked a lot), follows Matthew's adventure in New York, 1802, where a serial killer is supposedly at work, who causes a mask like mutilation on the face of his victims. Matthew is drawn into the killer's sphere, along with trying to expose his previous corrupt, pedophile warden Ausley. He also has various friends who are quite different from one another, in age as well as in socio-economic status. One of his older friends tries to foster off his grand daughter on to Matthew. Berryl, the same is quite eccentric, though pleasing to the eye. He also encounters another vitriolic female, the Itchy Nymph who teaches him a bit about worldly pleasures. Central to all this is the Queen of Bedlam, Professor Fell, Priest Wade, Grace the pricat3 investigator and the tangled webs woven between them.
Enjoyed this one, but not quite as much as book 1, Speaks the Night bird.