The Convenient - 9781973277644

a captivating story-BlueInk Reviews "A convincing window into a particularly vibrant period of Scottish history." -Kirkus Reviews A Scottish Medical Mystery of 1705. A convenient is a mistress or whore favorable to one's comfort. Malcolm Forrester a physician from Edinburgh, and Elspeth MacLeod, a healer from the Isle of Skye, were both educated in European universities, but only men are permitted to practice medicine in the Scotland of 1705. The two collide in Torrport, a small town near Edinburgh. Elspeth stubbornly seeking recognition as a physician, and Malcolm searching for a cure for smallpox amid the swirling vortex of war, politics, religion and disease. Poverty and misadventure are ever-present, and medicine a curious blend of old beliefs and new discoveries. Elspeth delivers a beautiful young woman of her bastard child and suspects she was poisoned. Malcolm disagrees. When the Laird's Second-in-Command is found dead, kneeling face-down in a tub at the laundry, the two find themselves entangled in murder, smuggling, and espionage, amid powerful opposition that resists change.

• | Author: Bettyanne Twigg, Albert Marsolais
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Nov 11, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 350 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1973277646
• | ISBN-13: 9781973277644