The Dead Shall Not Rest - Hardcover

Harris, Tessa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 075054306X ISBN 13: 9780750543064

Publisher: Magna Large Print Books, 2016

Synopsis

[Read by Simon Vance]

The brilliant anatomist Dr. Thomas Silkstone returns in the second installment of Tessa Harris' vivid and compelling mystery series set in 1780s London.

It is not just the living who are prey to London's criminals and cutpurses. Corpses, too, are fair game -- dug up from fresh graves and sold to unscrupulous men of science. Dr. Thomas Silkstone abhors such methods, but his leading rival, Dr. John Hunter, has learned of the imminent death of eight-foot-tall Charles Byrne -- known as the ''Irish Giant'' -- and will go to any lengths to obtain the body for his research.

Thomas intends to see that Byrne is allowed to rest in peace, but his efforts are complicated when his betrothed, Lady Lydia Farrell, breaks off their engagement without explanation. When Dr. Hunter is implicated in the horrific murder of a young castrato, Thomas must determine how far the increasingly erratic surgeon will go in the name of knowledge. For as Thomas knows too well, the blackest hearts sometimes go undetected -- and even an unblemished facade can hide terrifying secrets.

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About the Author

TESSA HARRIS, born in Lincolnshire, holds a history degree from Oxford University. After four years of working with local newspapers, she set her sights on women's magazines. She is regularly heard on local BBC radio and over the years has interviewed such people as Margaret Thatcher, Jeffrey Archer, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Hampshire, Alan Titchmarsh, Jackie Stewart, Boris Johnson, and Uri Geller. She lives in Berkshire with her husband and their two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 075054306X
• ISBN 13: 9780750543064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 438