The Lazarus Curse

Dr. Thomas Silkstone, Book 4

De: Tessa Harris

Narrado por: Simon Vance

Duración: 9 h y 38 m

Resumen del Editor

London, 1782. The sole survivor of an ill-fated expedition to Jamaica has gone missing upon his return home. Dr. Thomas Silkstone had been entrusted to catalog all the New World specimens and therefore feels compelled to investigate the disappearance. Meanwhile, a rumor circulates that a potion with the power to raise the dead is afoot, and the formula is thought to be in the missing botanist's journal.

As he investigates, the good doctor is drawn into a world of trafficking in corpses for profit. When a headless corpse is discovered, Silkstone uncovers the sinister motives of those who would stop at nothing to possess the Lazarus potion.

Inspired by true-life physician Dr. William Shippen Jr., this delightful series has been hailed as "CSI meets The Age of Reason" (Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author).

©2014 Tessa Harris (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Engaging but....

The plots Ms Harris’s Dr Silkstone mysteries are engaging and edifying but his love interest never fails to disappoint me. At least there were a few women I could respect in this story but I have given up hope for any happiness for poor Thomas.

The Best Yet of the Series

Set within the scourge of slavery and the impunity of British Lords, things are never what they seem.

Simon Vance may read a phone book and I'd love it

This story is the best of the series so far. But, for me, Simon Vance's talent (on par with Kate Reading's in my humble opinion) is more than sufficient to justify almost any listen. This novel is NOT just any listen. Win Win.

Excellent Book and Excellent Series

Absolutely addicted! Fantastic story, characters, history, and I want to continue on to the next book immediately after finishing.

Love this series!

A jump from anatomist to botanist doesn’t stop the bodies from dropping and a mystery unfolding in Thomas Silkstone’s life. Plants from Jamaica (a British seat of slave trade) may hold the power to revive the dead. Obviously more than one person would kill to obtain this Lazarus Cure/Curse. There is some excellent historical research pertaining to both the English slave trade and English Black Freedman. I like the way the author has dealt with questions of morality throughout this series. This has been especially well written.

A forced legal separation from Lydia has Thomas attempting to do the “right” thing for Lydia and her son. There is a shocking twist here.

This Narration is Superb.

Geez

I truly do not know how much more I can take if this series. It gets me I. Knots and it gets painful to listen to.

The history is thrown into the fiction and of course the references to the slavery. Told in truth but too many twists.

Lupton and Montague just need to be killed off. Just too much.

Oh woe thy name is Silkstone

Firstly let me say that so far, this series is excellent, with a wonderful narrator. My only true criticism is the unrelenting woe. Dr. Silkstone makes a sympathetic, likeable and worthy protagonist. However he is afforded only the very briefest moments of triumph and the merest glimpse of future potential happiness before he is, once again, plunged into the depths of trials and suffering and the machinations of evil doers. I think I will have to intersperse more lighthearted stories between the final books of this series to rest my weary heart. There better be an unequivocally happy ending for the good doctor.

Well done, and true to historical period

This one is better for my own reading pleasure. A little less descriptive detail of the gory bits, more of the sleuth elements.

Riviting!

Great story. Gives us both the best and worst of humanity. Those who appreciate Georgian England and the age of Enlightenment will appreciate Dr. Thomas Silkstones endeavours.

excellent performance and gripping story

well written, unique characters and an enjoyable twist ar the end. while historically accurate, it is a bit disturbing