The specimen
Fixsen, Jaima2024
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Edinburgh, 1826. Isobel Tait does her best to raise her young son Thomas alone, but yellow fever has left him with a scarred heart. Even a specialist, the renowned Dr Connall Burnett, can do nothing for him. Isobel decides to make the most the remaining time with her son. Until he goes missing. A chance visit to Dr Burnett's collection of specimens elicits a horrifying realization: there, in a small jar among stuffed lizards and misshapen bones, is a new addition. A tiny human heart. The use of stolen bodies by Edinburgh's medical men is a controversial but open secret. But she can't shake a horrible suspicion that the doctor's a proxy killer obsessed with his quest for specimens. Determined to find proof, Isobel goes undercover as a maid in Burnett's house and soon becomes the keeper of his specimens. She'll have to gather evidence, must protect his patients, and exact justice - and not get caught.
Main title:
The specimen / Jaima Fixsen.
Author:
Fixsen, Jaima, author
Imprint:
Scottsdale : Poisoned Pen Press, 2024.
Collation:
436 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781464233296 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PR9199.4.F58
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
4002622
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