Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments

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'Stupendously engaging'Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London<BR><BR>Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T. L. Huchu is the second spellbinding book in the Edinburgh Nights series.<BR><BR>Some secrets are meant to stay buried<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Further adventures await in The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle.<BR><BR>The Edinburgh Nights Series<BR>The Library of the Dead<BR>Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments<BR>The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle<BR>The Legacy of Arniston House<BR>Secrets of the First School<BR><BR>* * *<BR><BR>Praise for The Library of the Dead:<BR><BR>'I highly recommend The Library of the Dead'<BR>- Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse series<BR><BR>'Edinburgh Nights is essential reading for fans of urban fantasy'<BR>- The British Fantasy Society<BR><BR>'One of the strangest and most compelling fantasy worlds you'll see all year'<BR>- SFX<BR><BR><BR>The Library of the Dead won the 2022 Nommo Award for Best Fantasy Novel w/c 29th August 2022<BR>