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Great mystery!

Good mystery. Set in Philadelphia in 1875. Good historical detail. Main character is a doctor and the dead woman was her patient. A lot of time is spent describing her work with patients, which doesn't directly relate to the mystery. There are numerous clinical but graphic descriptions of injuries, blood, autopsy, etc.

An excellent historical mystery set in Philadelphia, 1875. The primary character is Lydia Weston, a physician at Women‘s Medical College of Pennsylvania and the book‘s debut author is herself. A doctor

Police discover an apparent suicide of a patient treated by Dr. Weston. The autopsy reveals that she was murdered and that she was a different person. The investigation reveals horrific crimes. A good read and, I hope the start of a series.

A soft pick but with potential. 😊 This is a historical mystery debut centered around Dr. Lydia Weston, an anatomist and medical professor in 1875 Philadelphia. She treats a young woman in service as a maid in a wealthy home and is drawn into a friendship as she admires and encourages Anna‘s drive and yearning for further education. When Anna disappears, she works with an inspector and his sergeant to uncover what happened to her and discovers a🔻

Today, I‘m sharing a book I received in the mail today from Simon & Schuster. I‘m looking forward to reading this. It sounds like the perfect Fall read.

Book Summary: A historical mystery set in 19th century Philadelphia following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead.

On Sale: 10/17/23

Adore this display at The Book Barn. Visited today after not being able to go for over a year. Feeling very proud as I only bought two books 🤣😂😋😋

I loved this. There‘s no great plot here; the characters come along and you go along with them for a while, then you move on, and other characters come along, and you get caught up with them and their stories, then some of the earlier characters come back, and the fact it doesn‘t get disorientating or annoying is, I think, testament to the great writing. I feel like I got to know these characters so intimately that I‘m missing them already.

I actually really loved this book. Quite the roller coaster but the end was just perfect.

Meet Henri... Or possibly Henrietta because gender is a little skewered and the mouse breeders on fb swear this is a girl not the boy we expected. But that's all hood. S/he is one of 5 new babies we got the other day. How cute and so friendly! Their breeder has raised them so well.

It's been almost 10 weeks since we went on a drive. Last drive was September 30. Finally got on the road again and feeling so alive. You can't really see it with the fog but kangaroo island is off in the distance. Talisker conservation Park was a real gem to discover