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Berkley
May 2013
On Sale: May 7, 2013
368 pages
ISBN: 0425253546
EAN: 9780425253540
Kindle: B009KUYCHI
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Mystery Historical
In the scorching summer of 1911, London is a hotbed
of political activity as women fight for their equality and
Germany starts to pose a dangerous threat. But Dody
McCleland, England's first female autopsy surgeon, has more
immediate concerns—such as finding out who's trying
to frame her for murder...
A distraught scullery maid appears at Dody's Women's
Clinic begging for an abortion. It turns out she has a case
of lead poisoning, which Dody believes she took to induce a
miscarriage. Instead of reporting the girl to the
authorities, Dody decides to council her and prescribes an
antidote. But days later, the maid is found dead from a
bungled criminal abortion—and the coroner receives a
series of anonymous letters accusing Dody of the crime.
Now, Dody has to find out who has framed her for the
maid's murder—or else she'll be embroiled in a
criminal trial. Chief Inspector Pike is working undercover
on another case, playing the piano for an exotic dancer who
may be spying for the Germans, but when he hears Dody's in
trouble, he insists on lending a hand. But as Pike and Dody
are about to discover, she's not only fighting for her
career, but for her life, too...
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