''A riotous delve into the dark medical world of Restoration London'' - S.G. MACLEAN''An infectious read, packed with atmosphere and colourful characters'' - OSCAR DE MURIEL''A gripping whodunnit with a sinister twist'' - JENNIFER RYAN________________________________________WHO WOULD MURDER THE DYING...London, 1665. Hidden within the growing pile of corpses in his churchyard, Rector Symon Patrick discovers a victim of the pestilence unlike any he has seen before: a young woman with a shorn head, covered in burns, and with pieces of twine delicately tied around each wrist and ankle. Desperate to discover the culprit, Symon joins a society of eccentric medical men who have gathered to find a cure for the plague. Someone is performing terrible experiments upon the dying, hiding their bodies amongst the hundreds that fill the death carts.Only Penelope - a new and mysterious addition to Symon''s household - may have the skill to find the killer. Far more than what she appears, she is alread
