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Instruments of darkness

Discovering a dead neighbor from a menacing local estate, the unconventional Mrs. Westerman of 1780 Sussex enlists a reclusive local anatomist to uncover the family's secrets, which include ties to the American Revolution and links to the murder of a music shop owner.

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Main Author: Robertson, Imogen, 1973-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2011, c2009.
Edition:1st American ed.
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Women > Fiction.
Anatomists > Fiction.
Sussex (England) > History > 18th century > Fiction.
Suspense fiction > England.
Historical fiction > England.
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Summary:Discovering a dead neighbor from a menacing local estate, the unconventional Mrs. Westerman of 1780 Sussex enlists a reclusive local anatomist to uncover the family's secrets, which include ties to the American Revolution and links to the murder of a music shop owner.
Physical Description:373 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780670022427
067002242X
Author Notes:Imogen Robertson studied Russian and German at Cambridge University and has worked as a TV, film, and radio director. In 2007, she won The Telegraph's First Thousand Words of a Novel competition with what would become Instruments of Darkness . She currently lives in London and has finished a second novel about Harriet Westerman and Gabriel Crowther entitled Anatomy of Murder .

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