A Slash of Emerald (A Dr. Julia Lewis Mystery Book 2)

In a riveting new novel in a Victorian-set mystery series brimming with authentic atmosphere Doctor Julia Lewis Scotland Yard’s first female medical examiner and her partner Detective Inspector Richard Tennant investigate a string of murders in the art world. London 1867: Among the genteel young ladies of London society painting is a perfectly acceptable pastime—but a woman who dares to pursue art as a profession is another prospect indeed. Dr. Julia Lewis familiar with the disrespect afforded women in untraditional careers is hardly surprised when Scotland Yard shows little interest in complaints made by her friend Mary Allingham about a break-in at her art studio. Mary is just one of many “lady painters” being targeted by vandals.   Painters’ sitters are vanishing too—women viewed by some as dispensable outcasts. Inspector Richard Tennant however takes the attacks seriously suspecting they’re linked to the poison-pen letters received by a