As the ear-piercing screams tore through the evening sky,
so too was destroyed the quiet veil of peace that Lady
Kiera Darby had enjoyed for the past sixteen months.
After the horror of her marriage to Sir Anthony Darby, an
Anatomist who only wanted her for her artistic abilities to
draw his findings from his dissections for his new anatomy
textbook and the slanderous gossip after his death, Kiera
had sought the protection of her sister, Alana, and her
husband, Philip, at their isolated Gairloch Castle in
Scotland. Thinking that the vicious rumours have died down
sufficiently, Alana had organized a house party with some
members of London's ton.
But now that Lady Godwin has been savagely murdered, many
cast suspicious eyes and nasty comments in Lady Darby's
direction. Worried that Philip, the Earl of Cromarty,
might also doubt her innocence; Kiera was totally thrown
off-guard when Philip asked her to help Mr. Sebastian Gage,
the son of a famous war hero and a gentleman inquiry agent
well-known for investigative skills while they waited for
procurator fiscal from Invrness to arrive four days hence.
Understanding why Philip asked her to help, Kiera
definitely had to bit her tongue about that pretentious and
arrogant man now in charge of the investigation.
As Kiera works with Gage, she realizes that he did have
some fairly competent skills, but as more disturbing things
happened and mysterious clues seem to point in her
direction, Kiera starts to withhold information as she
suspects that Gage is not fully convinced of her
innocence. Can they identify who did it before more deaths
happen? Will she be blamed for the murder or will her well-
meaning efforts to hide threatening letters prove deadly
for her with a killer still on the premises?
Debut author Anna Lee Huber has written an incredible and
totally engaging suspense thriller that thriller lovers will
relish! I just could not put the book down and read it
late into the night. I am thrilled to learn that Huber is
planning more books centered on the enigmatic Lady Darby and
I look forward to reading them in the future!
With her strong character development, fast moving plot,
and historical accuracy and sense of the time, Huber
quickly develops a strong storyline with realistic
characters whose vocabulary, attitudes and mannerisms are
true to Victorian times and to the 1830 setting of THE
ANATOMIST'S WIFE. As a history fan, I appreciated how she
created a sense of isolation by pointing out the
difficulties of travel by horseback in the Scottish
highlands as well as interweaving in real historical
events, such as trial of Burke and Hare that caused such an
outcry and rumours against Lady Darby. So, don't miss
out! Get a copy and have a thrilling read! Enjoy!
Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her husband, Lady
Darby has taken refuge at her sister's estate, finding
solace in her passion for painting. But when her hosts
throw
a house party for the cream of London society, Kiera is
unable to hide from the ire of those who believe her to
be
as unnatural as her husband, an anatomist who used her
artistic talents to suit his own macabre purposes.
Kiera wants to put her past aside, but when one of the
house
guests is murdered, her brother-in-law asks her to
utilize
her knowledge of human anatomy to aid the insufferable
Sebastian Gage--a fellow guest with some experience as an
inquiry agent. While Gage is clearly more competent than
she
first assumed, Kiera isn't about to let her guard down as
accusations and rumors swirl.
When Kiera and Gage's search leads them to even more
gruesome discoveries, a series of disturbing notes urges
Lady Darby to give up the inquiry. But Kiera is
determined
to both protect her family and prove her innocence, even
as
she risks becoming the next victim...
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