I started reading this book in mid January and finished it today which was a little over two weeks. This was a fascinating murder mystery literary thriller set in Restoration London in 1678. It was an amazing historical novel that with many real life characters involved in this very complicated plot filled with hysteria and rumors involving anti-royal catholic plots and foreign assassins. There are also murders of young boys used in medical experiments. The murders are investigated by a couple of early scientists members of the Royal Society for Improving Natural Knowledge and one young scholar in particular. It is a pursuit of truth applying scientific detection and evidence rather than paranoia and prejudice. The basic plot is actually based on a true historical unsolved murder of a government official.
I enjoyed this book very much but it was somewhat difficult to read and understand with all the historical twists and turns and complicated plot devices. Apparently there is another book published with this detecting duo. The author is a retired college history professor and scholar who has turned to writing novels.
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