The author transports you back in time to where you can see a good image of what the village looks like, the smells, and the sounds. Of course they don’t have dna testing, or and FBI data base, so solving the whodunit is totally different then what is done today. The stories are set in the 1600’s of Tudor England. If you haven’t read the first book, The Alchemist’s Daughter, I strongly encourage you to do so, but Death of an Alchemist, can stand on it’s own. Bianca and John are back in the second book of Mary Lawrence’s series. The Tudor era is an intriguing period, full of superstition, and the makings for interesting characters. The Bianca Goddard mysteries are meant to entertain and to engage readers who might not pick up period historicals as a first choice. My articles have been published by the national news blog, The Daily Beast. On the side, I wrote indexes for publishers and academics. Writing helped me escape my boredom and I became interested in Tudor history. For over 25 years I worked in hospitals and labs as a cytotechnologist. I grew up in Indiana and live and farm in Maine.
All of the titles have reached the top 100 best-selling historical mysteries category on Amazon, with THE ALCHEMIST'S DAUGHTER reaching #1. VEDAST, THE ALCHEMIST OF LOST SOULS and THE LOST BOYS OF LONDON. The series consists of THE ALCHEMIST'S DAUGHTER, DEATH OF AN ALCHEMIST, DEATH AT ST. Bianca is the daughter of an infamous alchemist who uses her 'wits' and some alchemy to solve murders among the commoners. The Bianca Goddard Mysteries are set in Tudor London during the final years of King Henry VIII's reign. 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. But first she must solve the alchemist’s murder. 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 the next day his body is found and his journal is gone.īianca, the daughter of an alchemist, is well acquainted with the mystical healing arts. Having tested his remedy successfully on an animal, Stannum intends to send his alchemy journal to a colleague in Cairo for confirmation. In 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.įor years, alchemist Ferris Stannum has devoted himself to developing the Elixir of Life, the reputed serum of immortality.
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