Catherine Johnson
Sixteen-year-old Ezra McAdam has much to be thankful for: trained up as an apprentice by a well-regarded London surgeon, Ezraâ€™s knowledge of human anatomy and skill at the dissection table will secure him a trade for life. However, his world is turned on its head when a failed break-in at his masterâ€™s house sets off a strange and disturbing series of events that involves grave robbing, body switching â€¦ and murder. Sparky, persuasive young Loveday Finch, daughter of the late Mr Charles Finch, magician, employs Ezra to investigate her fatherâ€™s death - and there are marked similarities between his corpse and the others. The mystery takes Ezra and Loveday from the Operating Theatre at St Bartâ€™s to the desolate wasteland of Coldbath Fields; from the streets of Clerkenwell to the dark, damp vaults of Newgate Prison; and finally to the shadowy and forbidding Ottoman Embassy, which seems to be the key to it allâ€¦
Historical,Historical Fiction,Young Adult,Historical,Mystery,Childrens,Middle Grade,Fiction,Mystery,Crime,Childrens,Historical,Georgian
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