The Lazarus Curse: A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery
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London, 1782. The sole survivor of an ill-fated expedition to Jamaica has gone missing upon his return home. Dr. Thomas Silkstone had been entrusted to catalog all the New World specimens and therefore feels compelled to investigate the disappearance. Meanwhile, a rumor circulates that a potion with the power to raise the dead is afoot, and the formula is thought to be in the missing botanist's journal.
As he investigates, the good doctor is drawn into a world of trafficking in corpses for profit. When a headless corpse is discovered, Silkstone uncovers the sinister motives of those who would stop at nothing to possess the Lazarus potion.
Inspired by true-life physician Dr. William Shippen Jr., this delightful series has been hailed as "CSI meets The Age of Reason" (Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author).
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Tessa Harris. (2014). The Lazarus Curse: A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Tessa Harris. 2014. The Lazarus Curse: A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery. Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Tessa Harris, The Lazarus Curse: A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery. Blackstone Publishing, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Tessa Harris. The Lazarus Curse: A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing, 2014.
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As he investigates, the good doctor is drawn into a world of trafficking in corpses for profit. When a headless corpse is discovered, Silkstone uncovers the sinister motives of those who would stop at nothing to possess the Lazarus potion.
Inspired by true-life physician Dr. William Shippen Jr., this delightful series has been hailed as "CSI meets The Age of Reason" (Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author).
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Starred review from June 23, 2014
Conflicting attitudes toward slavery in Georgian England propel Harris’s stellar fourth historical starring American anatomist Thomas Silkstone (after 2013’s The Devil’s Breath). In 1783, the president of the Royal Society, Joseph Banks, honors Silkstone by inviting him to catalogue the flora and fauna gathered on a recent expedition to the West Indies. Two of the three expedition’s leaders died before their ship made the return voyage to England. The disappearance of the third leader, botanical artist Matthew Bartlett, and a notebook filled with essential details about the voyage’s discoveries further complicate the assignment. As Silkstone looks into Bartlett’s fate despite Banks’s opposition, he aids a gravely wounded slave, which draws him into the national debate on human freedom and dignity. Certain aspects of the plot resemble the storyline of Lloyd Shepherd’s The Poisoned Island, but they are sufficiently different to distinguish it, and the subplot neatly sets up the next book. Harris’s prose and characterizations have only become more assured. Agent: Melissa Jeglinski, Knight Agency.
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As he investigates, the good doctor is drawn into a world of trafficking in corpses for profit. When a headless corpse is discovered, Silkstone uncovers the sinister motives of those who would stop at nothing to possess the Lazarus potion.
Inspired by true-life physician Dr. William Shippen Jr., this delightful series has been hailed as "CSI meets The Age of Reason" (Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author).
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