A Counterfeiter's Paradise (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Past the mountains the prospect opened up to reveal the town in the distance, a modest cluster of houses in the shadow of the Alleghenies, on the banks of a river that ran eastward through the bluffs. If the impression from afar was pleasantly rustic, the mood in Bedford was anything but tranquil. The travelers arrived to find a community whirling with frenzied activity. In a settlement of fewer than eight hundred residents, people walked with the impatient, purposeful stride of city dwellers. Philadelphia, New York, and Boston had never seemed so irrelevant. Among its buildings of stone, brick, and timber, one topic alone dominated the conversation: counterfeiting. Since New Year’s Day, David Lewis had sat in his cell at the courthouse jail near the center of town. The structure stood two stories high, built of immense limestone slabs that enclosed a courtyard where convicts were once pilloried and whipped. Despite its imposing stature, the courthouse was notoriously insecure, and every night, watchmen guarded the jail to prevent Lewis from escaping.
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