In the tradition of Caleb Carr?s The Alienist and Matthew Pearl?s The Dante Club, this mesmerizing forensic thriller thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer.
Lawrence Goldstone has been an actor, senior Wall Street executive,
taxi driver, classified researcher, and teacher. He holds a PhD in
American history, and his reviews, articles, and op-ed pieces have
appeared in major newspapers across the United States. He is also
the co-author, with his wife Nancy, of two critically acclaimed
narrative histories of science in Europe.
He lives in Connecticut with his wife and daughter.
A tale of murder in the late 1800s, starring William Osler-often called the father of modern medicine. Booked for Breakfast online book club feature; a clutch of foreign rights have been sold. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
Goldstone, an acclaimed popular historian (Out of the Flames; The Friar and the Cipher), marks out new terrain with his compelling fiction debut, a medical thriller set in 1889 Philadelphia. The narrator, Ephraim Carroll, a young, idealistic and somewhat naive doctor, works alongside the real-life William Osler, often described as the father of modern medicine. Carroll is troubled when Osler, the head of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania medical school, forgoes an autopsy of a woman without explanation. Carroll's curiosity is further piqued after George Turk, a colleague who also seemed unsettled by Osler's actions, dies, apparently of cholera. When Turk's autopsy reveals trace amounts of arsenic, Carroll's suspicions of foul play are confirmed. Goldstone artfully integrates a manuscript the actual Dr. Osler wrote and ordered sealed for half a century after his death. With this top-notch historical page-turner and his proven versatility in nonfiction, Goldstone can expect to win over many new fans. (Feb.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
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