Join the search for Typhoid Mary in this early twentieth-century CSI. Now in paperback!
Prudence Galewski doesnât belong in Mrs. Browningâs esteemed School for Girls. She doesnât want an âappropriateâ job that makes use of refinement and charm. Instead, she is fascinated by how the human body worksâand why it fails.
Prudence is lucky to land a position in a laboratory, where she is swept into an investigation of a mysterious fever. From ritzy mansions to shady bars and rundown tenements, Prudence explores every potential cause of the disease to no availâuntil the volatile Mary Mallon emerges. Dubbed âTyphoid Maryâ by the press, Mary is an Irish immigrant who has worked as a cook in every home the fever has ravaged. But sheâs never been sick a day in her life. Is the accusation against her an act of discrimination? Or is she the first clue in solving one of the greatest medical mysteries of the twentieth century?