Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T. L. Huchu is the second spellbinding book in the Edinburgh Nights series. ´Stupendously engaging´ - Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London Some secrets are meant to stay buried When Ropa Moyo discovered an occult underground library, she expected great things. She´s really into Edinburgh´s secret societies - but turns out they are less into her. So instead of getting paid to work magic, she´s 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 Scotland´s past. But how are they connected? Lives are at stake and Ropa is running out of time. Praise for The Library of the Dead: ´Roll on the sequel´ - The Times ´One of the strangest and most compelling fantasy worlds you´ll see all year´ - SFX