{"product_id":"9781775106128","title":"The Convenient","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eConvenient, mistress, whore (B.E.) Cant expression of standard meaning, favorable to one’s comfort.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Forrester a physician from Edinburgh, and Elspeth MacLeod, a healer from the Isle of Skye, were both educated in European universities, but only men are permitted to practice medicine in the Scotland of 1705. The two collide in Torrport, a small town near Edinburgh,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElspeth stubbornly seeking recognition as a physician, and Malcolm searching for a cure for smallpox amid the swirling vortex of war, politics, religion and disease. Poverty and misadventure are ever-present, and medicine a curious blend of old beliefs and new discoveries. Elspeth delivers a beautiful young woman of her bastard child and suspects she was poisoned. When the Laird’s Second-in-Command is found dead, kneeling face-down in a tub at the laundry, the two find themselves entangled in murder, smuggling, and espionage, amid powerful opposition that resists change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Albert Marsolais","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49990007914736,"sku":"9781775106128","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781775106128","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}