Bøger af Helen Power

". . . twists, laughs, and chills in equal measure." --Erin Flanagan, Edgar Award-winning author of Deer Season and Blackout "Gripping, terrifying, and nearly impossible to put down." --Noelle W. Ihli, author of Ask for Andrea and Run on Red Would you sell your hand for a million dollars? Regan "Roz" Osbourne is broke. Her ex-boyfriend won't take no for an answer, and no one is taking her artwork seriously. So when a mysterious stranger offers her a million dollars and safety from her unstable ex in exchange for her left hand, she can't afford to refuse.Immediately following the amputation, she's racked with insufferable phantom limb pain. Desperate for relief, she enrolls in an experimental drug trial. But this drug has a peculiar side effect--she develops a psychic connection to her missing limb. She soon discovers that Chicago's long-dormant Phantom Strangler is now wearing her hand and is using it . . . to kill.

A survey of research in the cultural history of urban public health, this study links the approaches of demographic and medical history with the methodologies of urban history and historical geography. It challenges older methodologies, offering insights into the significance of cultural history.