Blog Tour: Devlin Diary by Christi Philips

Synopsis:
From the acclaimed author of The Rossetti Letter comes a dazzling novel of intrigue, passion, and royal secrets that shifts tantalizingly between Restoration-era London and present-day Cambridge.

London, 1672. The past twelve years have brought momentous changes: the restoration of the monarchy, a devastating plague and fire. Yet the city remains a teeming, thriving metropolis, energized by the lusty decadence of Charles II's court and burgeoning scientific inquiry. Although women enjoy greater freedom, they are not allowed to practice medicine, a restriction that physician Hannah Devlin evades by treating patients that most other doctors shun: the city's poor.

But Hannah has a special knowledge that Secretary of State Lord Arlington desperately needs. At the king's Machiavellian court, Hannah attracts the attention of two men, charming courtier Ralph Montagu and anatomist Dr. Edward Strathern, as well as the attention of the powerful College of Physicians, which views her work as criminal. When two influential courtiers are found brutally murdered, their bodies inscribed with arcane symbols, Hannah is drawn into a dangerous investigation by Dr. Strathern, who believes the murders conceal a far-reaching conspiracy that may include Hannah's late father and the king himself.

Cambridge, 2008. Teaching history at Trinity College is Claire Donovan's dream come true -- until one of her colleagues is found dead on the banks of the River Cam. The only key to the professor's unsolved murder is a seventeenthcentury diary kept by his last research subject, Hannah Devlin, physician to the king's mistress. With help from the eclectic collections of Cambridge's renowned libraries, Claire and historian Andrew Kent follow the clues Devlin left behind, uncovering secrets of London's dark past and Cambridge's equally murky present, and discovering that events of three hundred years ago may still have consequences today....

A suspenseful and richly satisfying tale brimming with sharply observed historical detail, The Devlin Diary brings past and present to vivid life. With wit and grace, Christi Phillips holds readers spellbound with an extraordinary novel of secrets, obsession, and the haunting power of the past.
-- Pocket Books

I absolutely LOVED this book! I wanted to post the synopsis written by Pocket Books because I wanted our followers to truly understand all the different elements of the book and different story lines and I felt if I wrote it I wouldn't do it justice. I've been trying to figure out what to write but the only thing that keeps running through my head is "What a GREAT book! What a GREAT book!" You don't need to read the first one (The Rossetti Letter) to understand whats going on, but I sure wish I would have only because this book was soooooo good! I love how the author goes back and forth between London 1672 and present day Cambridge without any confusion. When there are two different stories in one book, like this one, I usually lean more towards one story than the other, but I completely loved both story lines. This book is definitely a page turner. I highly recommend this book!

♥ Vanessa

*Giveaway*
We have 5 Copies available of Devlin Diary by Christi Philips
Contest ends on July 6, 2009

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