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Surgeons' Hall by E.S. Thomson
4.0
"Who we are and what we have done is etched upon the flesh."
Dripping with a decadent gothic atmosphere, Surgeon's Hall is a dark and grisly historical mystery novel following the ever amazing Jem Flockhart. In this installment in the series, the intensity, and the amount of utterly gruesome scenes, seems to have really ramped up. The advancement of medical science during the era is on full display, including the increased demand for bodies, and the less than ethical means of obtaining them.
Each book in this series is fantastically researched, a fact that becomes clearer with every book that you read. Throughout the novel, the author has delicately scattered tiny clues as to the nature of the mystery, and by the end, you almost feel as if you can figure out just what happened, and yet, somehow, you still end up utterly blindsided.
This book makes for an amazing puzzle of a novel, and is a worthwhile read for any historical fiction fan.
"I accept my fate, when it comes, but I ask you to look to my nieces, Flockhart, to help Lilith and her sisters, and protect them from whoever, from whatever, awaits them in the darkness."
Dripping with a decadent gothic atmosphere, Surgeon's Hall is a dark and grisly historical mystery novel following the ever amazing Jem Flockhart. In this installment in the series, the intensity, and the amount of utterly gruesome scenes, seems to have really ramped up. The advancement of medical science during the era is on full display, including the increased demand for bodies, and the less than ethical means of obtaining them.
Each book in this series is fantastically researched, a fact that becomes clearer with every book that you read. Throughout the novel, the author has delicately scattered tiny clues as to the nature of the mystery, and by the end, you almost feel as if you can figure out just what happened, and yet, somehow, you still end up utterly blindsided.
This book makes for an amazing puzzle of a novel, and is a worthwhile read for any historical fiction fan.
"I accept my fate, when it comes, but I ask you to look to my nieces, Flockhart, to help Lilith and her sisters, and protect them from whoever, from whatever, awaits them in the darkness."