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London, 1830s. Twelve-year-old Victor, an orphan, knows that life is dangerous, and death by disease or accident is common. But to Mr. Tipple and Mr. Biggs, these are streets teeming with possibility, where a child, once dead, is a commodity, and a fresh subject can fetch as much as nine guineas. In this dark underworld, Victor must uncover the identity of the ghoulish murderer who is at the heart of Londons furtive trade in human corpses. T. K. Welsh, author of "The Unresolved," spins an intricate and chilling story of greed, malevolence, and redemption based on the body-snatcher trials of 1831.Welsh, T. K. is the author of 'Resurrection Men ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780525476993 and ISBN 0525476997.
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