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Reviewed on December 1, 2017 | Adult Books Teens
Inspectors Ian Frey and "Nine Nails" McGray are called to the local asylum in the middle of the night in this second installment of the historical detective series set in late 19th-century Edinburgh, Scotland. One of the nurses is dying of strychnine poisoning, though many believe that she was cursed by witches. McGray is a bitter alcoholic in charge of the two-man police department (referred to as "The Elucidation of Unsolved Cases Presumably ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More