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The Anatomy of Deception

The Anatomy of Deception

by Lawrence Goldstone (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 2008

    $4.33

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    Paperback 2009

    $14.15
Synopsis

This book is set in Philadelphia, in the year 1889. In the morgue of the city hospital, physicians uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their breath away. Within days, one of the surgeons, Ephraim Carroll, strongly suspects that he knows the woman's identity. His investigations take him from the bloody and brutal medical world in which he practices and into the drawing rooms of Philadelphia's high society where he soon learns that nothing - and no one - is what they seem. Plunged into a maze of deception and deadly secrets, Carroll is forced to choose between exposing a killer, undoing a terrible wrong, and, quite possibly, protecting the future of medicine itself. Set in a world in which pregnancy could result in agonising death, and doctors killed more patients than they cured, "The Anatomy of Deception" is an intriguing and richly atmospheric blend of history, early forensic science and knife-edge suspense.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 336
 Edition: First Edition, First Impression
 Publisher: Bantam Press
Published: 07 Apr 2008
ISBN 10: 0593058895
ISBN 13: 9780593058893
Book Overview: 'If you enjoyed The Interpretation of Murder, you'll be gripped by this haunting and atmospheric thriller.' Tess Gerritsen

Media Reviews
You'll be gripped by this haunting and atmospheric thriller. --Tess Gerritsen Compelling.... [A] top-notch historical page-turner. -- Publishers Weekly , starred review 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. -- Booklist Packed with historical asides and real-life figures. -- Entertainment Weekly A clever and entertaining tale.... set in the surgical theaters and medical research halls of late-19th century Philadelphia and Baltimore. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Colorful and highly informative.... Evokes the evolving medical profession and the art world in late-19th-century America. -- USA Today Long before CSI, the dead were offering up their clues.... will thrill lovers of history, medicine, forensics and, of course, a good mystery. -- Parade Goldstone weaves history, atmosphere, medical procedures, and forensic details into a fascinating story.... -- Boston Globe An entertaining page-turner. -- Richmond Times-Dispatch
Author Bio
LAWRENCE GOLDSTONE has been an actor, senior Wall Street executive, taxi driver, classified researcher and teacher. He holds a PHD in American history, and his reviews and articles have appeared in newspapers across the United States. He is also the co-author, with his wife Nancy, of two critically acclaimed narrative histories of science in Europe. He lives with his wife and daughter in Westport, Connecticut.