Fish, Blood and Bone
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- Synopsis
- Claire Fleetwood, an American forensic photographer, is ardent about love and scientific work - in this she is a characteristic Leslie Forbes heroine. When Claire inherits a big house and garden in London from relatives she never knew she had, she imagines it will be a slice of the English dream. But after the brutal murder of her best friend, right in the garden of her new property, everything changes. Fish, Blood and Bone is a haunting, richly layered novel about this vulnerable young woman's quest to discover not only the motive behind her friend's death but the truth about her family's past. Claire soon decides to join a scientific expedition to India led by her cousin Jack Ironstone, for he is involved with the men whom she suspects are responsible for the murder. Her journey takes her away from Whitechapel, the claustrophobic London neighborhood (made famous long ago by Jack the Ripper) in which her garden is located, to Calcutta and thence to the wild "paradise" valleys leading to Tibet. There the expedition will search for a rare green poppy containing elements vital for a new cancer medicine, but Claire also encounters the traces of her ancestors - the Fleetwoods who were active in the opium trade a century before. In fact her route parallels the path taken by Claire's distant relative Magda Ironstone and a mysterious botanist a hundred years earlier, during Britain's Great Triangulation of India. As Claire reconstructs this love affair, she begins to find the missing pieces to her family's puzzle, and her roots, previously a buried mystery, become clearer. This dazzling novel of loss and regeneration weaves together the stories of three extraordinary families in an epic adventure. Leslie Forbes was born in Vancouver. She lives in London, where she works as an artist, travel writer and broadcaster. She is the author of 'Bombay Ice', 1998.
- Copyright:
- 2001
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 435 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374155063
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 10/21/04
- Copyrighted By:
- Leslie Forbes
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- earl schwab
- Proofread By:
- Carrie Karnos
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.