The Anatomy of Deception - Hardcover

Goldstone, Lawrence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385341342 ISBN 13: 9780385341349

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Nineteenth-century Philadelphia physician Ephraim Carroll draws on the new techniques of forensic medicine to investigate the brutal murder of a beautiful young woman and the horror that led to her death, in a historical thriller populated by such real-life characters as pioneering physicians William Osler and William Stewart Halsted and painter Thomas Eakins. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

"You ll be gripped by this haunting and atmospheric thriller. Tess Gerritsen
Compelling . [A] top-notch historical page-turner. Publishers Weekly, starred review
What makes his book so fascinating is the attention to the medical procedures and innovations of the time ... Readers who enjoy Anne Perry s and Caleb Carr s psychological thrillers will welcome Goldstone s brooding, paranoiac addition to the genre. Booklist
Packed with historical asides and real-life figures. Entertainment Weekly
A clever and entertaining tale . set in the surgical theaters and medical research halls of late-19th century Philadelphia and Baltimore. Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Colorful and highly informative.... Evokes the evolving medical profession and the art world in late-19th-century America." USA Today
Long before CSI, the dead were offering up their clues . will thrill lovers of history, medicine, forensics and, of course, a good mystery. Parade
Goldstone weaves history, atmosphere, medical procedures, and forensic details into a fascinating story. Boston Globe

An entertaining page-turner. Richmond Times-Dispatch
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"You'll be gripped by this haunting and atmospheric thriller." --Tess Gerritsen

"Compelling.... [A] top-notch historical page-turner."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"What makes his book so fascinating is the attention to the medical procedures and innovations of the time ... Readers who enjoy Anne Perry's and Caleb Carr's psychological thrillers will welcome Goldstone's brooding, paranoiac addition to the genre."--Booklist

"Packed with historical asides and real-life figures."--Entertainment Weekly

"A clever and entertaining tale.... set in the surgical theaters and medical research halls of late-19th century Philadelphia and Baltimore."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Colorful and highly informative.... Evokes the evolving medical profession and the art world in late-19th-century America."--USA Today

"Long before CSI, the dead were offering up their clues.... will thrill lovers of history, medicine, forensics and, of course, a good mystery."--Parade

"Goldstone weaves history, atmosphere, medical procedures, and forensic details into a fascinating story...." --Boston Globe

"An entertaining page-turner." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

Book Description:

In the tradition of Caleb Carr's The Alienist and Matthew Pearl's The Dante Club, this mesmerizing forensic thriller thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0385341342
• ISBN 13: 9780385341349
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 342