01897cam a2200349 i 4500 984531040 TxAuBib 20230923120000.0 230220s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781668015063 HRD 27.99 1668015064 HRD 27.99 (OCoLC)1369678896 TxAuBib rda Mukerji, Ritu. Murder by degrees : a mystery / Ritu Mukerji. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2023] ©2023. ix, 288 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Philadelphia, 1875: It is the start of term at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Lydia Weston, professor and anatomist, is immersed in teaching her students in the lecture hall and hospital. When the body of a patient, Anna Ward, is dredged out of the Schuylkill River, the young chambermaid's death is deemed a suicide. But Lydia is suspicious and she is soon brought into the police investigation. Aided by a diary filled with cryptic passages of poetry, Lydia discovers more about the young woman she thought she knew. Through her skill at the autopsy table and her clinical acumen, Lydia draws nearer the truth. Soon a terrible secret, long hidden, will be revealed. But Lydia must act quickly, before she becomes the next target of those who wished to silence Anna. 20231002. jz. Women physicians Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Young women Crimes against Fiction. Philadelphia (Pa) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction.