Bedlam Stacks, Paperback/Natasha Pulley

The 1859 hunt for malaria-curative quinine sends Merrick to Peru, where he encounters a priest around whom the villagers spin impossible stories, leading Merrick to get a sense of a darker dynamic at work in the area. Fantastical flights of fancy alongside historical accuracy, following on from Pulley's previous The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street.