Secrets in the stones

Within the mysteries of the body especially those who have been murdered 18th-century anatomist Dr. Thomas Silkstone specializes in uncovering the tell-tale clues that lead towards justice... Newly released from the notorious asylum known as Bedlam Lady Lydia Farrell finds herself in an equally terrifying position--as a murder suspect--when she stumbles upon the mutilated body of Sir Montagu Malthus in his study at Boughton Hall. Meanwhile Dr. Thomas Silkstone has been injured in a duel with a man who may or may not have committed the grisly deed of which Lydia is accused. Despite his injury Thomas hopes to clear his beloved's good name by conducting a postmortem on the victim. With a bit of detective work he learns that Montagu's throat was slit by no ordinary blade but a ceremonial Sikh dagger from India--a clue that may be connected to the fabled lost mines of Golconda. From the mysterious disappearance of a cursed diamond buried with Lydia's dead husband to the undying legend of a hidden treasure map Thomas must follow a trail of foreign dignitaries royal agents--and even more victims--to unveil the sinister and shocking secrets in the stones... --