Victims exhibit bizarre behavior, and there are now terrified whispers among their friends of a hooded boogeyman called Sack Man. Cristina’s spurned lover, Wilson, is investigating the suspicious deaths of local teens, convinced they’re not accidents. Whether or not these have to do with Cristina, she doesn’t know, but she senses their fates areĭanger lurks in the shadows. DB has memory glitches and longs to interpret them. Transfixed by the brilliant doctor, DB’s unsure what’s Like Cristina, DB’s memory was robbed by Zero Dark. Indeed, an assassin is tracking Cristina, a literal femme fatale known as Dama Branca. The shadowy criminal enterprise Zero Dark is back. Soon after beginning her new job at the Longwood Memory Center, Cristina receives a startling phone call from her contact at the FBI: an assassin is crisscrossing the country, killing anyoneĬonnected to the now-defunct pharmaceutical company ReMind-people like Cristina. She dumped: handsome police detective Gary Wilson.
Cristina also can’t quite manage to force herself to forget the ex-boyfriend The voice in her head of her former identity won’t let her. "Whereas some historical fiction bristles with self-importance, this novel eschews it to excellent effect.Neuropsychiatrist Cristina Silva cannot escape her past. "Whereas some historical fiction bristles with self-importance, this novel eschews it to excellent effect."- Library Journal a real page-turner."- San Francisco Book Review will keep readers engaged until the very last page.
The various strands of the plot are so skillfully plaited together."-Fiona Buckley, author of the Ursula Blanchard Mysteries "The writing is terrific. "A realistic evocation of 16th century London's underside. Ī Suspense Magazine Best Historical Mystery of the Year To clear her name and keep her neck free of the gallows, Bianca must apply her knowledge of the healing arts to deduce exactly how her friend was murdered and by whom-before she herself falls victim to a similar fate. Recovering from her shock, Bianca suspects Jolyn may have been poisoned before coming to her-but the local constable is not so easily convinced.
But when her friend Jolyn comes to her complaining of severe stomach pains, Bianca's prescription seems to kill her on the spot.
īianca Goddard employs her knowledge of herbs and medicinal plants to concoct remedies for the disease-riddled poor in London's squalid Southwark slum. In the year 1543 of King Henry VIII's turbulent reign, the daughter of a notorious alchemist finds herself suspected of cold-blooded murder. Mystery and Tudor fans alike will raise a glass to this new series."-Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author "Unique characters, a twisty plot and a bold, bright heroine.
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