Investigating a mysterious illness, which has confounded medicine and magic, ghost-talker Ropa Moyo is led to a school for boys where she believes the headmaster is hiding something, and as more students succumb, she learns that malevolent entity has taken hold in this world. 75.000 first printing.
Desperate for money to look after her family, Ropa Moyo accepts a job at the magical private hospital Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments, but when her investigation into a coma patient leads her to the Edinburgh Ordinary School for Boys, she learns a long-dormant and malevolent entity has taken hold in this world.
Alluring, shadowy Edinburgh with its hints of sophisticated academic magic will draw you in, but its Ropa - a hard knocks ghostalker on her paranormal grind to pay the rent - who grabs hold. The moment you meet her, youll follow wherever she goes. - Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six
T.L. Huchu returns with the gripping Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments, the next in the Alex-Award-winning Edinburgh Nights series.
Some secrets are meant to stay buried
When Ropa Moyo discovered an occult underground library, she expected great things. Shes really into Edinburghs secret societies but turns out they are less into her. So instead of getting paid to work magic, shes had to accept a crummy unpaid internship. And her with bills to pay and a pet fox to feed.
Then her friend Priya offers her a job on the side. Priya works at Our Lady of Mysterious Maladies, a very specialized hospital, where a new illness is resisting magical and medical remedies alike. The first patient was a teenage boy, Max Wu, and his healers are baffled. If Ropa can solve the case, she might earn as she learns and impress her mentor, Sir Callander.
Her sleuthing will lead her to a lost fortune, an avenging spirit and a secret buried deep in Scotlands past. But how are they connected? Lives are at stake and Ropa is running out of time.
Edinburgh Nights series:
Library of the Dead
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments
