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Fiction.
Historical Fiction.
"You'll be gripped by this haunting and atmospheric thriller.".
"Compelling.... [A] top-notch historical page-turner.".
"What makes his book so fascinating is the attention to the medical procedures and innovations of the time ... Readers who enjoy Anne Perry's and Caleb Carr's psychological thrillers will welcome Goldstone's brooding, paranoiac addition to the genre.".
"Packed with historical asides and real-life figures.".
"A clever and entertaining tale.... set in the surgical theaters and medical research halls of late-19th century Philadelphia and Baltimore.".
"Colorful and highly informative.... Evokes the evolving medical profession and the art world in late-19th-century America.".
"Long before CSI, the dead were offering up their clues.... will thrill lovers of history, medicine, forensics and, of course, a good mystery.".
HTML:A mesmerizing forensic thriller that thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a young doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer
In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their breath away. Within days, one of them strongly suspects that he knows the woman's identity...and the horrifying events that led to her death. But in this richly atmospheric novel--an ingenious blend of history, suspense and early forensic science--the most compelling chapter is yet to come, as young Ephraim Carroll is plunged into a maze of murder, secrets and unimaginable crimes....
Dr. Ephraim Carroll came to Philadelphia to study with a leading professor, the brilliant William Osler, believing that he would gain the power to save countless lives. As America hurtles toward a new century, medicine is changing rapidly, in part due to the legalization of autopsy--a crime only a few years before. But Carroll and his mentor are at odds over what they glimpsed that morning in the hospital's Dead House. And when a second mysterious death is determined to have been a ruthless murder, Carroll can feel the darkness gathering around him--and he ignites an investigation of his own.
Soon he is moving between the realm of elite medicine, Philadelphia high society, and a teeming badlands of criminality and sexual depravity along the city's fetid waterfront. With a wealthy, seductive woman clouding his vision, the controversial artist Thomas Eakins sowing scandal, and the secrets of the nation's powerful surgeons unraveling around him, Carroll is forced to confront an agonizing moral choice--between exposing a killer, undoing a wrong, and, quite possibly, protecting the future of medicine itself....
A historical detective story of a young Philadelphia doctor puzzled because his mentor, a real historical person, decides somewhat hastily to not perform an autopsy. Loosely laid out, the story itself doesn't have much to recommend it. The history of medicine at the end of the 19th century, however, I found to be fascinating. ( )
A forensic thriller set in 1889 Philadelphia, that tries to answer the question: Is the benefit of a thousand people more important than justice to one? I am not sure he succeeds in the moral dilemma, but it's a good read. ( )
A fascinating book that takes place in medical world of 1889 Philadelphia. Weaving a story of forensic detail in with real people from history such as artist Thomas Eakins, Goldstone aptly depicts attitudes towards medical procedures such as autopsy and the power of the wealthy at the time. ( )
Reading this book makes you appreciate the cleanliness of modern medicine. A dark mystery into the disappearance of a young woman and the poisoning of young doctor. It describes life in 19th century Philadelphia and discusses plans for the new modern hospital in Baltimore, John Hopkins. ( )
The story of a student doctor in the early 20th century who, involuntarily, gets involved in a murder investigation. The story was a good one, but for me, I enjoyed the "background" items in the story as much as the story itself. I was intrigued by the tidbits of medical history interspersed throughout the book. Personal note: I find this happens to me often in fictional books based on historical facts such as in DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Eric Larson. ( )
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For days, clouds had hung over the frigid city, promising snow, an ephemeral late winter veneer of white, but the temperature had suddenly risen and a cold, stinging drizzle had arrived instead.
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For in turning my back on the many, I believe that I saved myself.
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Fiction.
Historical Fiction.
"You'll be gripped by this haunting and atmospheric thriller.".
"Compelling.... [A] top-notch historical page-turner.".
"What makes his book so fascinating is the attention to the medical procedures and innovations of the time ... Readers who enjoy Anne Perry's and Caleb Carr's psychological thrillers will welcome Goldstone's brooding, paranoiac addition to the genre.".
"Packed with historical asides and real-life figures.".
"A clever and entertaining tale.... set in the surgical theaters and medical research halls of late-19th century Philadelphia and Baltimore.".
"Colorful and highly informative.... Evokes the evolving medical profession and the art world in late-19th-century America.".
"Long before CSI, the dead were offering up their clues.... will thrill lovers of history, medicine, forensics and, of course, a good mystery.".
HTML:A mesmerizing forensic thriller that thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a young doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer
In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their breath away. Within days, one of them strongly suspects that he knows the woman's identity...and the horrifying events that led to her death. But in this richly atmospheric novel--an ingenious blend of history, suspense and early forensic science--the most compelling chapter is yet to come, as young Ephraim Carroll is plunged into a maze of murder, secrets and unimaginable crimes....
Dr. Ephraim Carroll came to Philadelphia to study with a leading professor, the brilliant William Osler, believing that he would gain the power to save countless lives. As America hurtles toward a new century, medicine is changing rapidly, in part due to the legalization of autopsy--a crime only a few years before. But Carroll and his mentor are at odds over what they glimpsed that morning in the hospital's Dead House. And when a second mysterious death is determined to have been a ruthless murder, Carroll can feel the darkness gathering around him--and he ignites an investigation of his own.
Soon he is moving between the realm of elite medicine, Philadelphia high society, and a teeming badlands of criminality and sexual depravity along the city's fetid waterfront. With a wealthy, seductive woman clouding his vision, the controversial artist Thomas Eakins sowing scandal, and the secrets of the nation's powerful surgeons unraveling around him, Carroll is forced to confront an agonizing moral choice--between exposing a killer, undoing a wrong, and, quite possibly, protecting the future of medicine itself....
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