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An irresistible mystery set in 1890s Edinburgh, Kaite Welsh's THE WAGES OF SIN features a female medical student-turned-detective, and will thrill fans of Sarah Waters and Antonia Hodgson.
'Historical fiction doesn't get much more delicious or original' Damian Barr
'This powerful novel combines a disturbing look at late Victorian attitudes…
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This debut author's story takes place in the beautiful city of Edinburgh—beautiful for some, but not all. I very much enjoyed this mystery, a tale of a female medical student’s efforts to find out what happened to a dead prostitute. What really sets it apart for me is the true-to-life description of the city’s underbelly.
Whether it is the infirmary that treats the poverty-stricken, the downcast, and those forced into a life of wrongdoing, or the crime-infested slums where shady deals and illegal trades are carried out with little regard for the arm of the law, I felt as…
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