This will be hard to find, I imagine, because I never had the chance to read the book. I was in a bookstore looking around because it was going to be closing soon when I came across a book I thought was interesting. I left without buying it, thinking I could buy it the next day. Obviously, this is not what happened--when I returned the next day there was only a handful of books left with the book I was looking at long gone.I remember it being about the dead and it had a woman protagonist who likely worked at a morgue. I think there was something about potions or some sort of chemicals involved with the story.The cover, I think, was darkly colored with what appeared to be bottles.I'm pretty sure it was a mystery novel and was set in the past. Maybe victorian?
A compelling new series about Dr Dody McCleland, the first female autopsy surgeon. Murder treats everyone equally...A woman. A doctor. A beastly science. At the turn of the twentieth century, London's political climate is in turmoil, as women fight for the right to vote. Dody McCleland has her own battles to fight. As England's first female autopsy surgeon, she must prove  A compelling new series about Dr Dody McCleland, the first female autopsy surgeon. Murder treats everyone equally...A woman. A doctor. A beastly science. At the turn of the twentieth century, London's political climate is in turmoil, as women fight for the right to vote. Dody McCleland has her own battles to fight. As England's first female autopsy surgeon, she must prove herself as she also proves that murder treats everyone equally... After a heated women's rights rally turns violent, an innocent suffragette is found murdered. When she examines the body, Dody is shocked to realise that the victim was a friend of her sister - fuelling her determination to uncover the cause of the protester's suspicious death. For Dody, gathering clues from a body is often easier than handling the living - especially Chief Detective Inspector Matthew Pike. Pike is looking to get to the bottom of this case but has a hard time trusting anyone - including Dody. Determined to earn Pike's trust and to find the killer, Dody will have to sort through real and imagined secrets. But if she's not careful, she may end up on her own examination table ... ...more