Death of an Alchemist
Reeks: A Bianca Goddard Mystery
Mary Lawrence
- “Colorful
- alchemical
- lore
- and
- a
- vividly
- imagined
- 1543
- London
- enrich
- Lawrence’s
- engaging
- .
- .
- .
- sequel
- to
- .
- .
- .
- The
- Alchemist’s
- Daughter.”—Publishers
- WeeklyIn
- the
- mid
- sixteenth
- century,
- Henry
- VIII
- sits
- on
- the
- throne,
- and
- Bianca
- Goddard
- tends
- to
- the
- sick
- and
- suffering
- in
- London’s
- slums,
- where
- disease
- can
- take
- a
- life
- as
- quickly
- as
- murder
- .
- .
- .For
- years,
- alchemist
- Ferris
- Stannum
- has
- devoted
- himself
- to
- developing
- the
- Elixir
- of
- Life,
- the
- reputed
- serum
- of
- immortality.
- Having
- tested
- his
- remedy
- successfully
- on
- an
- animal,
- Stannum
- intends
- to
- send
- his
- alchemy
- journal
- to
- a
- colleague
- in
- Cairo
- for
- confirmation.
- But
- the
- next
- day
- his
- body
- is
- found
- and
- the
- journal
- is
- gone.Bianca,
- the
- daughter
- of
- an
- alchemist,
- is
- well
- acquainted
- with
- the
- mystical
- healing
- arts.
- When
- her
- husband
- John
- falls
- ill
- with
- the
- sweating
- sickness,
- she
- dares
- to
- hope
- Stannum’s
- journal
- could
- contain
- the
- secret
- to
- his
- recovery.
- But
- first
- she
- must
- solve
- the
- alchemist’s
- murder.
- As
- she
- ventures
- into
- a
- world
- of
- treachery
- and
- deceit,
- Stannum’s
- death
- is
- only
- the
- first
- in
- a
- series
- of
- murders—and
- Bianca’s
- quest
- becomes
- a
- matter
- of
- life
- and
- death,
- not
- only
- for
- her
- husband,
- but
- for
- herself
- .
- .
- .Praise
- for
- The
- Alchemist’s
- Daughter“Unique
- characters,
- a
- twisty
- plot
- and
- a
- bold,
- bright
- heroine
- .
- .
- .
- Mystery
- and
- Tudor
- fans
- alike
- will
- raise
- a
- glass
- to
- this
- new
- series.”—Karen
- Harper,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author“A
- realistic
- evocation
- of
- 16th
- century
- London’s
- underside.
- The
- various
- strands
- of
- the
- plot
- are
- so
- skillfully
- plaited
- together.”—Fiona
- Buckley,
- author
- of
- the
- Ursula
- Blanchard Mysteries
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