The Bone Garden

I very much enjoyed The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen, a suspense novel which examines events in Boston of 1830s. In the present, Julia Hamill finds a skeleton in her garden and goes on to learn about what happened to the ancestors of the home which she recently bought. The story jumps back and forth from the present to the 1830s where a series of horrific murders is being investigated. The story highlights the dangers of childbirth at a time when basic hygiene in the medical profession was not considered important or relevant to the deaths of women who had died. This was a gripping tale, giving an insight into conditions of the time. 4 1/2/5