The Devil’s Grin

She’s London’s most brilliant bacteriologist. She’s also not supposed to exist.

By day, Dr Kronberg cuts through corpses in Guy’s Hospital’s gaslit laboratories, hunting microscopic killers that claim more lives than Jack the Ripper. All the while, hoping no one discovers the woman beneath the gentleman’s attire.

When a body surfaces in London’s waterworks bearing marks of medical torture, Kronberg draws the attention of Sherlock Holmes. He sees through her disguise in seconds. Though Holmes could destroy her with a word, he isn’t her biggest problem.

The victim’s wounds speak of medical experimentation. Of doctors who view London’s poor as laboratory rats. Of a secret medical society that makes Burke and Hare look like amateurs.

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