The Wages of Sin - (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries) by Kaite Welsh (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A page-turning tale of murder, subversion and vice in which a female medical student in Victorian Edinburgh is drawn into a murder investigation when she recognizes one of the corpses in her anatomy lecture.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Sarah Gilchrist has fled London and a troubled past to join the University of Edinburgh's medical school in 1882, the first year it admits women. Determined to become a doctor despite the misgivings of her family and society, Sarah quickly finds plenty of barriers at school itself: professors who refuse to teach their new pupils, male students determined to force out their female counterparts, and female peers who will do anything to avoid being associated with a fallen woman.<br /> <br /> Desperate for a proper education, Sarah turns to one of the city's ramshackle charitable hospitals for additional training. The St Giles' Infirmary for Women ministers to the downtrodden and drunk, the thieves and whores with nowhere else to go. She learns a great deal there, but when one of Sarah's patients turns up in the university dissecting room as a battered corpse, Sarah finds herself drawn into a murky underworld of bribery, brothels, and body snatchers.<br /> <br /> Sarah is determined to find out what happened to Lucy and bring those responsible for her death to justice. But as she searches for answers in Edinburgh's dank alleyways, bawdy houses and fight clubs, Sarah comes closer and closer to uncovering one of Edinburgh's most lucrative trades, and, in doing so, puts her own life at risk...</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"What better setting for a Gothic murder mystery than 19th-century Edinburgh? Kaite Welsh relishes these surroundings in her pungent first book, <em>The Wages of Sin</em>." --Marilyn Stasio, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>"A top-class crime thriller, a riveting social documentary, and a fascinating historical novel. Brilliant writing. A total gem." --<em>Criminal Element</em></p><p>"An exhilarating and atmospheric mystery. Welsh balances her protagonist's progressive inclinations with a self-awareness that enables her to play the roles that the era demands. The result is a layered, provocative and riveting mystery about Victorian dynamics and womanhood." --<em>Shelf Awareness</em></p><p>"Welsh makes clever use of the conventions of the genre while throwing in a twist informed by modern sensibilities. A gritty detective story as unflinching as its heroine, rich in well-researched period detail." --<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p><p>"Sarah is a spunky but historically accurate heroine, bucking the most restrictive traditions in order to comment on them. The first book in what will, one hopes, be a long-running series, featuring a new kind of historical leading lady, Welsh's debut is an inspiring feminist tale perfect for the modern age." <em>--Library Journal</em> (starred; Debut of the Month)</p><br>
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