The Bone Garden
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen, published by Bantam in 2008, is a gripping narrative that intertwines the lives of two women across centuries. In rural Massachusetts, Julia Hamill’s gardening leads her to uncover a human skull, prompting medical examiner Maura Isles to investigate its origins. The skeletal remains date back to the early 1800s, revealing a historical mystery that intertwines with the grim realities of Boston during that era, marked by disease and the macabre practice of body-snatching.
Readers will delve into a tale that explores the dark underbelly of medical practices in the 1830s, focusing on Norris Marshall, a Harvard Medical School student who becomes embroiled in the world of resurrectionists. As he navigates the dangers of his secretive profession, he finds himself on the trail of a notorious killer whose identity may be closer than he realizes. This first edition spans 370 pages and is presented in English, offering a blend of mystery, suspense, and crime that reflects the complexities of city life and the challenges faced by women sleuths.
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Julia Hamill is gardening one afternoon in rural Massachusetts when her spade strikes something soft and unyielding – not a rock but a human skull.Medical examiner Maura Isles quickly determines that the skeleton – that of a woman – dates back to the early 1800s.‘But too much time has passed,’ Maura warns Julia. ‘We may never know the whole story of how she died.’Boston in the 1830s is a place of disease and pestilence – and no one is more aware of this than Norris Marshall, a student at Harvard Medical School who is forced to support himself by performing the most secretive job of all.Norris is a resurrectionist – a body-snatcher – who procures cadavers from grave robbers in order to further his study of human anatomy. Soon he finds himself hunting the most notorious killer of his time, a shadowy figure who flits through graveyards and glittering ballrooms.What he does not realize is that the killer is far closer than he thinks …
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