| Author: | Tracy L. Ward | ISBN: | 9780988133402 |
| Publisher: | Tracy L. Ward | Publication: | July 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tracy L. Ward |
| ISBN: | 9780988133402 |
| Publisher: | Tracy L. Ward |
| Publication: | July 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
1867 - Morgue surgeon at one of London's most prestigious hospitals, Dr. Peter Ainsley is familiar with the smells of the dead and the dying but when the brilliant, young doctor is summoned to a small English town in the north his ability to keep his patients at a cold, comfortable distance is put to the test.
Convinced the untimely death of a twelve year old girl, Josephine Lloyd, was an act of poison, Ainsley and the local physician Dr. Bennett must battle the wealthy and stubborn Lloyd family to gain access to the body of the girl, knowing an autopsy is their only chance to detect what ended the young girl's life. Even as her older sister, Lillian, languishes in bed fearing the poison will take her as well, the family remains obstinate. When Dr. Bennett is found dead in his own house, the rebellious Ainsley has no choice but to take matters into his own hands if he is to save the life of the beautiful
Lillian Lloyd.
The love-struck surgeon soon finds himself tangled in a web of deceit and betrayal ultimately leading him to the murderer
he never suspected.
1867 - Morgue surgeon at one of London's most prestigious hospitals, Dr. Peter Ainsley is familiar with the smells of the dead and the dying but when the brilliant, young doctor is summoned to a small English town in the north his ability to keep his patients at a cold, comfortable distance is put to the test.
Convinced the untimely death of a twelve year old girl, Josephine Lloyd, was an act of poison, Ainsley and the local physician Dr. Bennett must battle the wealthy and stubborn Lloyd family to gain access to the body of the girl, knowing an autopsy is their only chance to detect what ended the young girl's life. Even as her older sister, Lillian, languishes in bed fearing the poison will take her as well, the family remains obstinate. When Dr. Bennett is found dead in his own house, the rebellious Ainsley has no choice but to take matters into his own hands if he is to save the life of the beautiful
Lillian Lloyd.
The love-struck surgeon soon finds himself tangled in a web of deceit and betrayal ultimately leading him to the murderer
he never suspected.
