St Saviours is a crumbling
infirmary in Victorian London, long overdue for demolition. Here the healing
arts can be deadly. Jealousy, sabotage, drunkenness and passion all seethe just
beneath the surface and that’s just the staff. In the apothecary Flockhart and
his ‘son’ Jem (apothecaries can only be men), assisted by Gabriel prepare the
medicines to doctors’ orders. Into their little family comes Will Quartermain;
his employers have sent him to supervise the excavation of the churchyard that
borders St Saviours.
Prior to the demolition Jem
discovers six tiny coffins hidden in the wall of the chapel, they don’t look
like much, so why does their discovery trigger a series of murders? Jem is
determined to find out but her knowledge of poisons and an enemy both powerful
and ruthless could put her on the road to the gallows.
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