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The Blood

Summoned to the riverside by the desperate, scribbled note of an old friend, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find themselves on board the seamen's floating hospital, an old hulk known only as The Blood, where prejudice, ambition and murder

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Summoned to the riverside by the desperate, scribbled note of an old friend, Jem Flockhart & Will Quartermain find themselves on board the seamen's floating hospital, an old hulk known only as  The Blood, where prejudice, ambition & murder seethe beneath a veneer of medical respectability.

On shore, a young woman, a known prostitute, is found drowned in a derelict boatyard.

A man leaps to his death into the Thames, driven mad by poison & fear.

The events are linked
- but how?

Courting danger in the opium dens & brothels of the waterfront, certain that the  Blood lies at the heart of the puzzle, Jem & Will embark on a quest to uncover the truth.

In a hunt that takes them from the dissecting tables of a private anatomy school to the squalor of the dock-side mortuary, they find themselves involved in a dark & terrible mystery.

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  • ISBN: 9781472126580
  • Author: E. S. Thomson
  • Publisher:  Constable
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • Dimensions: 20.2 x 14 x 2.4cm

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Blood - A red liquid that circulates around the body for all the bodies needs.

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The Works
With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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