
Touching Distance
‘Atmospheric and fascinating’ - Hilary Mantel
Shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize and winner of the Medical Journalists'' - Association Open Book Award
In the winter of 1790, a mysterious and deadly disease strikes the unsuspecting town of Aberdeen. The victims are all women in the prime of life. Determined to save his patients, talented young physician Alec Gordon embarks on an astonishing medic...
‘Atmospheric and fascinating’ - Hilary Mantel
Shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize and winner of the Medical Journalists'' - Association Open Book Award
In the winter of 1790, a mysterious and deadly disease strikes the unsuspecting town of Aberdeen. The victims are all women in the prime of life. Determined to save his patients, talented young physician Alec Gordon embarks on an astonishing medic...