<p>Within the mysteries of the body especially those who have been murdered eighteenth-century anatomist Dr. Thomas Silkstone specializes in uncovering the tell-tale clues that lead toward justice.</p><p>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.</p><p>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 rather a ceremonial Sikh dagger from India that may be connected to the fabled lost mines of Golconda.</p><p>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.</p>