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The Unquiet Heart

By: Kaite Welsh
Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman
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Summary

 Kaite Welsh's thrilling medical mystery THE UNQUIET HEART is the second in the gothic Sarah Gilchrist series, following a medical student turned detective in Victorian Edinburgh. For readers of Natasha Pulley's THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET or Laura Purcell's THE SILENT COMPANIONS

This powerful novel combines a disturbing look at late Victorian attitudes towards women and morality with a satisfying murder mystery - Sunday Express


Sarah Gilchrist has no intention of marrying her dull fiancé Miles, the man her family hope will restore her reputation and put an end to her dreams of becoming a doctor, but when he is arrested for a murder she is sure he didn't commit she finds herself his reluctant ally. Beneath the genteel façade of upper class Edinburgh lurks blackmail, adultery, poison and madness and Sarah must return to Edinburgh's slums, back alleys and asylums as she discovers the dark past about a family where no one is what they seem, even Miles himself. It also brings her back into the orbit of her mercurial professor, Gregory Merchiston - he sees Sarah as his protegee, but can he stave off his demons long enough to teach her the skills that will save her life?

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Critic reviews

The mystery is secondary to Welsh's depiction of the plight of intelligent, ambitious women in 19th-century Britain, long before anyone dreamed of #MeToo, when a spotless reputation and a suitable marriage was the end all and be all for a woman, her own wishes and desires be damned. Sarah's plight is an infuriating one indeed, and readers will cheer her every step of the way
[An] excellent mix of historical mystery and romance
A nicely constructed historical mystery about the unorthodox sleuthing of a young woman who's studying to be a doctor at the University of Edinburgh
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This is the second of the Sarah Gilchrist mysteries and, dare I say it, even better than the first. It is a great story and once again I listened with an A to Z of Edinburgh on my lap to check out all the places mentioned. I have recommended it to many friends and can't wait for the next in the Sarah Gilchrist series. She now has her own gun (sorry if that's a spoiler). My goodness, what will she get up to next.

Even better than "The Wages of Sin"

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I enjoyed this one more than the first. You obviously, as so often in literature, ignore the fact that the main male character is a violent addict with a tender heart 🙄 ( No spoiler if you’ve read the first in the series ) who’s just waiting for a nice girl to come along and save him but the rest of the story cracks along nicely.

Actually a bit better than the first

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There is a a lot of repetition in the story - which to be blunt became tedious. A lovely little murder story with a predictable ending which could have been told in half the time.

The repetition began to annoy!

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