Edinburgh Dusk
Edinburgh Dusk by Carole Lawrence.
Paperback: 397 pages
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (September 18, 2018)
ISBN-10: 1503903907
Amazon Review:
A wicked Scottish winter has just begun when pioneering female physician Sophia Jex-Blake calls on Detective Inspector Ian Hamilton to investigate the suspicious death of one of her patients—a railroad lineman who she believes succumbed to the horrific effects of arsenic poisoning. The most provocative aspect of the case doesn’t escape Hamilton: the married victim’s numerous sexual transgressions.
Now, for the first time since the unexplained fire that killed his parents, Hamilton enters the Royal Infirmary to gain the insights of brilliant medical student Arthur Conan Doyle. Then a second poisoning occurs—this time, a prominent banker who died in the bed of a prostitute. It appears that someone is making Edinburgh’s more promiscuous citizens pay for their sins.
As the body count rises and public panic takes hold, Hamilton and Doyle delve into the seedy underbelly of the city, where nothing is as it seems, no one is immune to murder, and even trusted friends can be enemies in disguise.
A good second book using many from book one, allowing you to learn more about them while trying to solve the mystery of the poisonings.
A third book is in the workings and I look forward to it's release. I like the short chapters and that the author writes, quite like, a normal conversation. She doesn't seem to try to impress some readers who like "big words" that they have to look up to know what they mean. Her books are very comfortable to read while still having interesting characters and a good murder mystery.
Paperback: 397 pages
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (September 18, 2018)
ISBN-10: 1503903907
Amazon Review:
A wicked Scottish winter has just begun when pioneering female physician Sophia Jex-Blake calls on Detective Inspector Ian Hamilton to investigate the suspicious death of one of her patients—a railroad lineman who she believes succumbed to the horrific effects of arsenic poisoning. The most provocative aspect of the case doesn’t escape Hamilton: the married victim’s numerous sexual transgressions.
Now, for the first time since the unexplained fire that killed his parents, Hamilton enters the Royal Infirmary to gain the insights of brilliant medical student Arthur Conan Doyle. Then a second poisoning occurs—this time, a prominent banker who died in the bed of a prostitute. It appears that someone is making Edinburgh’s more promiscuous citizens pay for their sins.
As the body count rises and public panic takes hold, Hamilton and Doyle delve into the seedy underbelly of the city, where nothing is as it seems, no one is immune to murder, and even trusted friends can be enemies in disguise.
A good second book using many from book one, allowing you to learn more about them while trying to solve the mystery of the poisonings.
A third book is in the workings and I look forward to it's release. I like the short chapters and that the author writes, quite like, a normal conversation. She doesn't seem to try to impress some readers who like "big words" that they have to look up to know what they mean. Her books are very comfortable to read while still having interesting characters and a good murder mystery.
posted by DesLily | 8:28 AM
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Love that cover! Will look this series up as I like the sound of it.
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