The Anatomy of Deception
 

The Anatomy of Deception

by Lawrence Goldstone

A mesmerizing forensic thriller that thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a young doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer

In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, a group of physicians open a coffin and uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their... (read more)

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I sometimes had trouble staying with the book but in general I found it to be a fascinating look at autopsies and the practice of medicine in the late 19th Century.

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