Vitriol

di Shannon D. Bair (Autore)

Shannon D. Bair, 2026

Historical Thriller – Medical Thriller – Historical Mystery The city's miracle medicine is killing the people it was meant to save. New Orleans, 1853. Yellow fever has turned the city into a furnace of death, and licensed apothecary Camille Fisher is determined to keep her dispensary open while the courts threaten to seize her family home. Then Jacques Mercier dies less than an hour after drinking a free municipal fever tonic. His symptoms do not match yellow fever. Camille tests the medicine and discovers something far more dangerous: a toxic industrial compound hidden inside the city's supposed miracle cure. But the poison is only the beginning. As more residents die, Camille uncovers forged death certificates, manipulated court records, and a ruthless scheme to seize the homes of free families of color. A corrupt judge, a powerful health official, and a desperate financial syndicate are using the epidemic itself as a weapon. With the city closing around her, Camille must choose between the law she once trusted and the outlaw medicine that may be the only thing capable of saving her community. And every hour she spends proving the truth gives her enemies another chance to silence her. A dark historical thriller of medicine, injustice, forensic discovery, and one woman's fight to save lives before the next death becomes another stolen home.

• Autore: Shannon D. Bair
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Shannon D. Bair
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798237022988