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01904aam a2200325 i 4500 001 C6993160E4FB11E5BA0AF0D5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160308010133 007 n 008 151014s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1617737127 020 $a 9781617737121 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Lawrence, Mary. 245 10 $a Death of an alchemist / $c Mary Lawrence. 264 1 $a New York : $b Kensington, $c 2016. 300 $a 292 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Bianca Goddard mystery, A 520 $a "For years, alchemist Ferris Stannum has devoted himself to developing the Elixir of Life, the reputed serum of immortality. Having tested his remedy successfully on an animal, Stannum intends to send his alchemy journal to a colleague in Cairo for confirmation. Instead he is strangled in his bed and his journal is stolen. As the daughter of an alchemist herself, Bianca is well acquainted with the mystical healing arts. As her husband, John, falls ill with the sweating sickness, she dares to hope Stannum's journal could contain the secret to his recovery. But first she must solve the alchemist's murder. As she ventures into a world of treachery and deceit, Stannum's death proves to be only the first in a series of murders--and Bianca's quest becomes a matter of life and death, not only for her husband, but for herself..." --Page 4 of cover. 541 $d 20160218. 650 1 $a Alchemists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $x History $y 16th century $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Henry VIII, 1509-1547 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Mystery fiction. 655 7 $a Detective and mystery stories. $2 gsafd 830 2 $a A Bianca Goddard mystery. 941 $a 1 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20160427011033.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C6993160E4FB11E5BA0AF0D5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search