The Convenient

By Albert Marsolais and Bettyanne Twigg

"a most accomplished work in a league of its own." -Reviewed by K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite
An historical thriller of doctors, disease epidemics, murder, and political intrigue...
Malcolm Forrester a physician from Edinburgh, and Elspeth MacLeod, a healer from the Isle of Skye, were both educated in European universities, but only men are permitted to practice medicine in the Scotland of 1705. The two collide in Torrport, a small town near Edinburgh. Elspeth stubbornly seeking recognition as a physician, and Malcolm searching for a cure for smallpox amid the swirling vortex of war, politics, religion and disease. Poverty and misadventure are ever-present, and medicine a curious blend of old beliefs and new discoveries. Elspeth delivers a beautiful young woman of her bastard child and suspects she was poisoned. When the Laird's Second-in-Command is found dead, kneeling face-down in a tub at the laundry, the two find themselves entangled in murder, smuggling, and espionage, amid powerful opposition that resists change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973277646
• ISBN13: 9781973277644
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"