The Specimen

A haunting historical mystery perfect for readers of The London Seance Society and A History of Fear Edinburgh, 1826. Isobel Tait does her best to raise her young son Thomas alone, but yellow fever has left him with a scarred heart. Even a specialist, the renowned Dr. Connall Burnett, can do nothing for him. Isobel decides to make the most the remaining time with her son. Until he goes missing. A chance visit to Dr. Burnett‘‘s collection of specimens elicits a horrifying realization: there, in a small jar among stuffed lizards and misshapen bones, is a new addition. A tiny human heart. The use of stolen bodies by Edinburgh‘‘s medical men is a controversial but open secret. But she can‘‘t shake a horrible suspicion that the doctor‘‘s a proxy killer obsessed with his quest for specimens. Determined to find proof, Isobel goes undercover as a maid in Burnett‘‘s house and soon becomes the keeper of his specimens. She‘‘ll have to gather evidence, must protect his patients, and exact justice-and not get caught.