In May 1863, a young woman's charred remains were found resting in the surgical chair of a surgeon's home office. Whispers flew about town, claiming that Dr. William Pritchard had torched his own practice. As it happened, unsavory deeds were far from beneath Dr. William Pritchard, a man who married and meddled all for the sake of a shiny reputation.

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