Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 5/12/2020 + 1032 more book reviews

I like the historical detail Druett puts into these books, she knows her stuff and works it into the book without being pedantic about it. I did feel the mystery plot was a little slow-paced, dragging out the death of the first murder victim for many pages. Wiki is an enjoyable character with his Maori half co-existing mostly happily with his American half. I also find it interesting how he's accepted (for the most part) in this society, I was mentally contrasting his situation with Barbara Hambly's protagonist Benjamin January, a "free man of color" in New Orleans same time period. The murder method was pretty cool especially if you know a little about what doctors/surgeons had available to them in those days. Druett's non-fiction book "ROUGH MEDICINE: SURGEONS AT SEA IN THE AGE OF SAIL" will absolutely curl your hair in horror. Good historical series.

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