About the book:
Title: The Yellow Lantern
Author: Angie Dicken
Series: True Colors; Historical Stories of American Crime
Publisher: Barbour Books
Josephine Is Forced to Spy for Grave Robbers
Step into True Colors -- a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime
In Massachusetts in 1824, Josephine Clayton awakes on the table of the doctor she's assisted all these months. She was presumed dead by all and has become the doctor's next corpse for his medical research. Frightened, the doctor tries to kill her, but Josephine begs to be spared. A deal is struck--Josie will leave her village and work at a distant cotton mill. All the while, she'll await her true mission--posing as a mourner to help his body snatcher procure her replacement. At the mill though, Josie is praised for her medical remedies among the mill girls, gaining attention from the handsome factory manager Braham Terrance. Yet, when Braham's own loved one becomes the prey for the next grave robbing, Josie must make a choice that could put her dark past behind her or steal away the promise of any future at all.
What price will Josie pay for love when her secrets begin to unravel?
About Angie Dicken
Angie Dicken credits her love of story to reading British literature during life as a military kid in Cambridgeshire, England. Now living in the U.S., she's an ACFW member, a blog contributor to the Writer's Alley, a baseball mom, and a self-proclaimed foodie.
You can visit Angie Dicken on these social media platforms.
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You can read my interview with Angie Dicken HERE!
My Thoughts:
This book took me back to 1824 when medical science was archaic and grave robbing was popular. As I started this book I had a chill going up my spine. I had no idea grave robbing was a real thing let alone it was something that was done for research. I felt like I was reading a Gothic romantic mystery.
Ms. Dicken writes a mystery like Agatha Christie. I was on pins and needles the entire time. I kept turning pages late into the night attempting to figure out the mystery.
Josie and Braham were a great hero and heroine and the cast of characters that Ms. Dicken placed around them at the cotton mill complimented them and the story. Liesel the little bobbin girl is adorable and I could just see her running around the mill when called.
I loved watching Josie use herbs in caring for the girls at the mill. She'd learned about herbs at her mother's knee so it was enjoyable to watch her come into her own as a healer.
Overall this is book is exciting, suspenseful, romantic, and has everything that I love in a historical romantic mystery. I learned about cotton mills, grave robbing, and the beginning of our medical sciences.
1 comment:
Sounds like a fascinating book. Thanks for the chance. I follow you on GFC.
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