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The Wages of Sin: A compelling tale of medicine and murder in Victorian Edinburgh
Kaite Welsh
Fiction, Crime & mystery, Historical mysteries, Historical fiction
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Tinder Press
- Paperback Mar 13, 2018 | 9781472239822 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 1, 2017 | 9781472247506 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 1, 2017 | 9781472239808 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Tinder Press
- Paperback Mar 13, 2018 | 9781472239822 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 1, 2017 | 9781472247506 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 1, 2017 | 9781472239808 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Tinder Press
- Paperback Mar 13, 2018 | 9781472239822 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 1, 2017 | 9781472247506 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 1, 2017 | 9781472239808 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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A gripping new historical crime series set in the underworld of Victorian Edinburgh, featuring medical student-turned-detective Sarah Gilchrist, for fans of Sarah Waters and Antonia Hodgson.
An irresistible mystery set in 1890s Edinburgh, Kaite Welsh's THE WAGES OF SIN features a female medical student-turned-detective, and will thrill fans of Sarah Waters and Antonia Hodgson.
Sarah Gilchrist has fled from London to Edinburgh in disgrace and is determined to become a doctor, despite the misgivings of her family and society. As part of the University of Edinburgh's first intake of female medical students, Sarah comes up against resistance from lecturers, her male contemporaries, and - perhaps worst of all - her fellow women, who will do anything to avoid being associated with a fallen woman...
When one of Sarah's patients turns up in the university dissecting room as a battered corpse, Sarah finds herself drawn into Edinburgh's dangerous underworld of bribery, brothels and body snatchers - and a confrontation with her own past.
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Praise for The Wages of Sin: A compelling tale of medicine and murder in Victorian Edinburgh
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An enthrallingly gothic murder mystery - The Herald
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This powerful novel combines a disturbing look at late Victorian attitudes towards women and morality with a satisfying murder mystery - Sunday Express
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A gripping story, a great central character and full of riotous, beautifully drawn period detail - Kate Hamer
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Edinburgh is the superb gothic setting for this nail-biting debut - Fabulous Magazine
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Welsh makes clever use of the conventions of the genre while throwing in a twist informed by modern sensibilities. Damp, sooty, moralistic, and sinning Edinburgh is convincingly evoked. A gritty detective story as unflinching as its heroine, rich in well-researched period detail - Kirkus Reviews
Kaite Welsh
KAITE WELSH is an Edinburgh-based journalist and author. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and the New Statesman and she makes frequent appearances on BBC radio and television. Kaite has been shortlisted for both the Scottish New Writers Award and the Moniack Mhor Bridge Award, and most recently she is the author of The Wages of Sin.
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