An irresistible mystery set in 1890s Edinburgh, Kaite Welsh's THE WAGES OF SIN features a female medical student-turned-detective, and will thrill fans of Sarah Waters and Antonia Hodgson.
Sarah Gilchrist has fled from London to Edinburgh in disgrace and is determined to become a doctor, despite the misgivings of her family and society. As part of the University of Edinburgh's first intake of female medical students, Sarah comes up against resistance from lecturers, her male contemporaries, and - perhaps worst of all - her fellow women, who will do anything to avoid being associated with a fallen woman...
When one of Sarah's patients turns up in the university dissecting room as a battered corpse, Sarah finds herself drawn into Edinburgh's dangerous underworld of bribery, brothels and body snatchers - and a confrontation with her own past.
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781472239815
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 542 g
Dimensions: 241 x 162 x 30 mm
I really enjoyed reading this book, the narrative has a certain energy or gusto that fairly draws the reader in. It has the perfect setting for me – the dark, wet cobbled streets of Victorian Edinburgh at a time when... More
I blooming loved this book! It had all the ingredients for my perfect read – Victorian setting, a mystery, a female medical student and brothels. And I’d just like to take a moment to mention the cover, I’ve read some... More
Sarah Gilchrist, sent to Edinburgh in disgrace, has fought for and won her right to study medicine. When not at university she helps in an infirmary for poor women and children. When she is faced with the body of one... More
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