But as their secret is slowly unveiled, a dangerous mystery emerges on the darkened streets of London. To retrieve his lost memories, Ian demands answers from Edwina and Mary Blackwood, sister witches with a murky past. Among his effects: A bloodstained business card bearing the name of a master wizard and a curious pocket watch that doesn't seem to tell time. Navigating their grief individually and as a group, what will all five of them learn about themselves, their pasts - and the woman who's brought them all together?Īfter a nearly fatal blow to the skull, traumatized private detective Ian Cameron is found dazed and confused on a muddy riverbank in Victorian London. But the fourth guardian is a mystery to the others: they've never even heard of former model Hope before…Īs the guardians reflect on their friendship with Angie, it becomes apparent that this unusual arrangement is as much about them as it is about Romany. Three of them have known each other since university: the eternally nomadic and exotically named Tiger the shy and practical Leon with his untapped musical genius and Maggie, a brilliant lawyer who doesn't know her own abilities. In her final letter, Angie has charged her four closest friends with guiding Romany through her last year of school - but is there an ulterior motive to her unusual dying wish?Įach of the four guardians possesses an outlook on life that Angie wants to give her daughter as a legacy. Just turned 18, Romany is on the cusp of taking her first steps into adulthood when tragedy strikes, and she finds herself suddenly alone without her mother, Angie, the only parent she has ever known.
Is there anyone - friends, lovers, coconspirators - that Vic won't sacrifice for art? Hounded by guilt and a tenacious private investigator, Vic grows increasingly desperate to complete Eisner's commission.
But as relationships become more complicated, Vic's careful plans start to unravel. Like Vic, they too are on the verge of burnout and bankruptcy. Manipulating fellow struggling artists into acting as accomplices is easy. But the job is too intricate - and too dangerous - to attempt alone. When Joseph Eisner, a former client with deep pockets, offers Vic an opportunity to expand the enterprise, the money is too good to turn down. But the city is expensive, and these days even artisanal murder doesn't pay the bills. In New York City everybody needs a side hustle, and perfumer Vic Fowler has developed a delicate art that has proved to be very lucrative: creating bespoke scents that evoke immersive memories - memories that, for Vic's clients, are worth killing for. Inspired by a shocking chapter in medical history, " The Lobotomist's Wife" is a galvanizing novel of a woman fighting against the most grievous odds, of ego, and of the best intentions gone horribly awry. Only Ruth can save her - and scores of others - from the harrowing consequences of Robert's ambitions. Apter diagnoses her with the baby blues and proposes a lobotomy, she believes the procedure is her only hope. Margaret can barely get out of bed, let alone care for her infant. And a vulnerable young mother, Margaret Baxter, is poised to be his next victim. Robert is operating on patients recklessly, often with horrific results. But as her husband spirals into deluded megalomania, Ruth can't ignore her growing suspicions. Ruth believes in it as a miracle treatment and in Robert as its genius pioneer. Then she falls in love with charismatic Robert Apter - a brilliant doctor championing a radical new treatment, the lobotomy. Since her brother took his life after WWI, Ruth Emeraldine has had one goal: to help those suffering from mental illness. Unable to remain silent any longer, Lucien will soon discover that looking for answers at House of Earth may be the most dangerous rule he can break. Continuing to meet Gabrielle in secret only reinforces his gnawing fear that something about his world is terribly wrong. New rules are put in place, and anyone who violates them is asked to leave and never spoken of again.Īs forbidden questions pile up, Lucien's willingness to obey weakens.
Slowly, things begin to change at House of Earth. But when his youthful curiosity draws him into town and to Gabrielle, a public-school student living a life wholly different from his own, Lucien's inquisitiveness about life beyond the commune and questions regarding the events of 9/11 threaten to unbalance everything he thought he knew. It's where Lucien is taught the importance of living in harmony with nature and building a peaceful and sustainable future.
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