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Gentlemen!"
William McAdam addressed the room, a knife in each hand.
The mystery takes Ezra and Loveday from the Operating Theatre at St Bart\'s to the desolate wasteland of Coldbath Fields; from the streets of Clerkenwell to the dark, damp vaults of Newgate Prison; and finally to the shadowy and forbidding Ottoman Embassy, which seems to be the key to it all....
Sparky, persuasive young Loveday Finch, daughter of the late Mr Charles Finch, magician, employs Ezra to investigate her father\'s death - and there are marked similarities between his corpse and the others. and murder.
However, his world is turned on its head when a failed break-in at his master\'s house sets off a strange and disturbing series of events that involves grave robbing, body switching ... "
Your watches, please! I guarantee you the fastest amputation ever performed anywhere in the world..."
Sixteen-year-old Ezra McAdam has much to be thankful for: trained up as an apprentice by a well-regarded London surgeon, Ezra\'s knowledge of human anatomy and skill at the dissection table will secure him a trade for life. "
Gentlemen!"
William McAdam addressed the room, a knife in each hand
