Murder by Degrees \;is a thrillingly atmospheric tale of intrigue\, featuring a brilli ant female doctor who&rsquo\;s ahead of her time. Set in Philadelphia\, 18 75\, the debut novel by Ritu Mukerji\, Dr. Lydia Weston is preparing for t he start of a new term at Woman&rsquo\;s Medical College of Pennsylvania\, when the body of a young woman is fished out of the Schuylkill River. The death is ruled a suicide\, but Lydia is suspicious.
\nAs the invest igation unfolds\, Lydia puts to use all her diagnostic skills and autopsy table acumen to pursue the killer.
\nRitu Mukerji was born in Kolkat a\, India\, and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. From a young age\, s he has been an avid reader of mysteries\, from Golden Age crime fiction to police procedurals and the novels of PD James and Ruth Rendell. She recei ved a BA in history from Columbia University and a medical degree from Sid ney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She completed residency training at the University of California\, Davis and has been a practicing internist for fifteen years. She lives in Marin County\, California\, with her husband and three children.
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