The Blood

A Jem Flockhart Mystery

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Pub Date 04 Dec 2018 | Archive Date 30 Nov 2018

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Summoned to the riverside by the desperate, scribbled note of an old friend, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find themselves onboard 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.

Summoned to the riverside by the desperate, scribbled note of an old friend, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find themselves onboard the seamen's floating hospital, an old hulk known only as The...


Advance Praise

praise for the other books in the Jem Flockhart Mystery Series


“A debut mystery chock full of mysterious doings, riveting historical detail, and so many horrifying anecdotes that you can almost feel the evil miasma rising from the pages.” - Kirkus Reviews 


“Thomson’s captivating Victorian mysteries featuring apothecary Jem Flockhart showcase the author’s talent for creating creepy and rewarding plot twists.” - Publishers Weekly (starred) 


“A beautifully dark portrait of Victorian London that Charles Dickens would feel right at home in. With macabre portrayals of anatomy, science, and death, this Dickensian crime novel is not to be missed.” - Criminal Element 


“This outstanding historical enthralls with its meticulously researched details of nineteenth-century hospitals; the result is a dismal portrait of unrelenting bleakness that will make readers grateful to be living in the twenty-first century. This is Showtime’s Penny Dreadful brought to life!” - Library Journal (starred) 

praise for the other books in the Jem Flockhart Mystery Series


“A debut mystery chock full of mysterious doings, riveting historical detail, and so many horrifying anecdotes that you can almost feel...


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ISBN 9781681778754
PRICE $25.95 (USD)
PAGES 384

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