“I look to the bodies of the victims, Miss Lloyd,
because dead people never lie.”
-Peter Ainsley, morgue
surgeon
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1867 - Morgue
surgeon at one of London's most prestigious hospitals, Dr. Peter Ainsley is
familiar with the smells of the dead and the dying but when the brilliant,
young doctor is summoned to a small English town in the north his ability to
keep his patients at a cold, comfortable distance is put to the test.
Convinced the
untimely death of a twelve year old girl, Josephine Lloyd was an act of poison,
Ainsley and the local physician Dr.
Bennett must battle the wealthy and stubborn Lloyd family to gain access
to the body of the girl, knowing an autopsy is their only chance to detect what
ended the young girl's life. Even as her older sister, Lillian, languishes in
bed fearing the poison will take her as well, the family remains obstinate.
When Dr. Bennett is found dead in his own house, the rebellious Ainsley has no
choice but to take matters into his own hands if he is to save the life of the beautiful
Lillian Lloyd.
DEAD SILENT (A Peter Ainsley Mystery #2)
Peter Ainsley's mother, Lady Charlotte Marshall hasn't been
seen or heard from in three days. While Inspector Simms of Scotland Yard is
unofficially investigating her disappearance Ainsley is loathed to reveal
knowledge of his mother's affair despite it being the best lead to her
whereabouts.
When Inspector Simms brings a body to St. Thomas Hospital's
morgue, Ainsley is forced to admit his double life as morgue surgeon and second
heir to the Montcliff earldom. With a new found ally in the police force,
Ainsley gains access to information about his mother's disappearance and a new
mystery regarding a murdered woman with childhood ties to his future
sister-in-law, Evelyn Weatherall.
Scandal threatening two sides of Ainsley's family, the young
surgeon uncovers an intricately woven tapestry of deceit, lust and a crime that
forces him to decide whether family loyalty supersedes the letter of the law.
THE DEAD AMONG US (A Peter Ainsley Mystery #3).... coming soon!
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