The Hour of Peril

{{Short description|2013 book by Daniel Stashower}}

{{Infobox book

| name = The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

| author = Daniel Stashower

| genre = Crime, Non-fiction, Military History Civil War

| published = 2013

| publisher = Minotaur Books

| isbn = 978-0-312-60022-8

| alt = The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

| image = The Hour of Peril The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War.jpg

| caption = First edition

| pages = 368

| website = {{URL|http://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250042668|The Hour of Peril}}

| awards = Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Book (2013),
Macavity Award for Best Nonfiction (2014),
Anthony Award for Best Critical or Non-fiction Work (2014),
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2014)

}}

The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15793053-the-hour-of-peril|title=The Hour of Peril|website=Goodreads|access-date=2017-02-26}} ({{ISBN|978-0-312-60022-8}}) is a book by Daniel Stashower published by Minotaur Books{{Cite news|url=http://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250042668|title=The Hour of Peril {{!}} Daniel Stashower {{!}} Macmillan|work=US Macmillan|access-date=2017-02-26|language=en-US}} (Under St. Martin's Press which is now held by Macmillan Publishers) on 29 January 2013 & later won 4 literary awards.