The Blood What Secrets Lie Aboard?
The Blood What Secrets Lie Aboard? by E. S. Thomson, published by Constable in 2018, is a gripping narrative that unfolds aboard a floating hospital known as The Blood. This edition, comprising 375 pages, invites readers into a world where ambition, prejudice, and murder lurk beneath the facade of medical propriety. The story begins with Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain responding to a frantic note from an old friend, leading them to a series of unsettling events, including the drowning of a young woman and a man’s tragic leap into the Thames.
As Jem and Will delve deeper into the mystery, they navigate the perilous environments of opium dens and brothels along the waterfront, convinced that the secrets of The Blood are central to unraveling the truth. Their investigation takes them from the dissecting tables of a private anatomy school to the grim realities of a dock-side mortuary, revealing a dark and intricate web of connections. This book presents a compelling exploration of the intertwining lives and hidden dangers within a historical setting, making it a thought-provoking read for those interested in mysteries and the complexities of human nature.
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Summoned to the riverside by the desperate, scribbled note of an old friend, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find themselves on board the seamen’s floating hospital, an old hulk known only as The Blood, where prejudice, ambition and murder seethe beneath a veneer of medical respectability. On shore, a young woman, a known prostitute, is found drowned in a derelict boatyard. A man leaps to his death into the Thames, driven mad by poison and fear. The events are linked, but how? Courting danger in the opium dens and brothels of the waterfront, certain that the Blood lies at the heart of the puzzle, Jem and Will embark on a quest to uncover the truth. In a hunt that takes them from the dissecting tables of a private anatomy school to the squalor of the dock-side mortuary, they find themselves involved in a dark and terrible mystery.
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