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A review by omnibozo22
The Dead Shall Not Rest by K.W. Jeter, Tessa Harris
5.0
This heartbreaking story about the state of medicine and the courts in England at the end of the 18th century was based, loosely, on historical events. The competition by anatomy students for fresh corpses has long been a favorite topic for gothic writers (think Frankenstein, for example). Here it is spun even tighter and grimmer.
The Dr. Thomas Silkstone series engages the reader in nested carefully crafted forensic mysteries. The reader, as with the Brother Cadfael mysteries, will be constantly hoping that Dr. Silkstone will devise one of the CSI strategies we take for granted today.
I'm well into the third of the stories now. Note that it is a requirement that the books be read in order, as several story threads are continued through subsequent books.
The Dr. Thomas Silkstone series engages the reader in nested carefully crafted forensic mysteries. The reader, as with the Brother Cadfael mysteries, will be constantly hoping that Dr. Silkstone will devise one of the CSI strategies we take for granted today.
I'm well into the third of the stories now. Note that it is a requirement that the books be read in order, as several story threads are continued through subsequent books.