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When a progressive gentleman doctor struggles to fit into the Deeply entrenched culture of a rural Irish village, he realizes not all learning comes from books.
Christopher Curran, newly graduated from Edinburgh Medical School, has dreamt of bringing modern medicine to Hawthorn Village. His struggle to fit into the deeply entrenched culture of the rural Irish village worsens when rumor of an unspeakable crime sifts through the village suggesting he might be involved.
Renata Fitzjames and her irascible mother are newly arrived in Hawthorn from Portugal. They have come to fulfill a promise she made to her father on his deathbed. She resolves to keep her distance from the doctor knowing he has good reason to interfere.
Dino, a runaway cabin boy off a pirate ship, becomes an unwitting complication for the doctor when the lad seeks refuge in the unlikeliest of places.
Earl Talbot, disgraced and dismissed from medical school, opens up a chemist’s shop. He generously allows Renata the use of the vacant backroom. She has always been an herbalist. To her delight she discovers County Waterford is rich in exotic plant life not to be found in Portugal and intends to increase her knowledge while visiting beautiful Eire.
Constable Pete Waffer survived the battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798 and will surely uncover the chaos of Hawthorn’s latest crime wave. He has made it his life’s work to keep corruption from the village and protect its prickly folk.
Beneath the thatched roof of the Black Pig, incidents in the village are raked over by odious tongues as troublemakers and busybodies guzzle their pints.
Christopher Curran, newly graduated from Edinburgh Medical School, has dreamt of bringing modern medicine to Hawthorn Village. His struggle to fit into the deeply entrenched culture of the rural Irish village worsens when rumor of an unspeakable crime sifts through the village suggesting he might be involved.
Renata Fitzjames and her irascible mother are newly arrived in Hawthorn from Portugal. They have come to fulfill a promise she made to her father on his deathbed. She resolves to keep her distance from the doctor knowing he has good reason to interfere.
Dino, a runaway cabin boy off a pirate ship, becomes an unwitting complication for the doctor when the lad seeks refuge in the unlikeliest of places.
Earl Talbot, disgraced and dismissed from medical school, opens up a chemist’s shop. He generously allows Renata the use of the vacant backroom. She has always been an herbalist. To her delight she discovers County Waterford is rich in exotic plant life not to be found in Portugal and intends to increase her knowledge while visiting beautiful Eire.
Constable Pete Waffer survived the battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798 and will surely uncover the chaos of Hawthorn’s latest crime wave. He has made it his life’s work to keep corruption from the village and protect its prickly folk.
Beneath the thatched roof of the Black Pig, incidents in the village are raked over by odious tongues as troublemakers and busybodies guzzle their pints.
368 pages, Paperback
Published October 6, 2020
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About the author
Karen Dean Benson
12 books934 followersKaren gained a love of history from travels that took her into many different cultures around the world.
A voracious reader from an early age, she loves research, history, and tales of complicated lives.
Her stories, woven against the backdrop of a by-gone era, present numerous plot twists. Her Ladies of Mischief blunder through attempting to live within the social constraints of the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Karen born in Detroit, Michigan, attended college in the Alma campus of Northwood, now resides with golfer husband, Charlie in Florida.
A voracious reader from an early age, she loves research, history, and tales of complicated lives.
Her stories, woven against the backdrop of a by-gone era, present numerous plot twists. Her Ladies of Mischief blunder through attempting to live within the social constraints of the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Karen born in Detroit, Michigan, attended college in the Alma campus of Northwood, now resides with golfer husband, Charlie in Florida.
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October 21, 2020
The author does a phenomenal job using imagery to take the reader back into the early 1800s and fully immerse one into the village of Hawthorn. The story line is wonderful having many interesting twists and turns. I love how some of the characters from her last novel are friends of those in this novel, even though the stories are completely different.
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