For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical Mystery set in 19th-century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead.
But Lydia must act quickly, before she becomes the next target of those who wished to silence Anna..
Soon a terrible secret, long hidden, will be revealed.
Through her skill at the autopsy table and her clinical acumen, Lydia draws nearer the truth.
Aided by a diary filled with cryptic passages of poetry, Lydia discovers more about the young woman she thought she knew.
But Lydia is suspicious and she is soon brought into the police investigation.
When the body of a patient, Anna Ward, is dredged out of the Schuylkill River, the young chambermaid\'s death is deemed a suicide.
Lydia Weston, professor and anatomist, is immersed in teaching her students in the lecture hall and hospital.
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Philadelphia, 1875: It is the start of term at Woman\'s Medical College of Pennsylvania.
For fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Charles Todd, Murder by Degrees is a historical Mystery set in 19th-century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead
