Reviews for Biophotonics

The average rating for Biophotonics based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-03-07 00:00:00 John Hyhy A good while back I read a book called The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb, as I read this book I kept thinking, Have I read this already? It's not the same exactly but we do have a female apothecary helping find a murderer with the help of a possible love interest in both. Kathryn Swinbourne is a 'doctor' or apothecary in Canterbury towards the end of the War of the Roses. Someone is poisoning random pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas a Beckett. She is called in to help investigate as it is felt only another apothecary would have such knowledge of poisons therefore she can help find him (it is a him so we don't have to go through her being suspected too). She has a feisty thrice married maid and confident, Thomasina and the help, wanted or otherwise, of the new king's head of stables, Irishman Colum Murtagh. All main characters have their own sad, worrisome secrets even the funny and foul-mouthed Thomasina. I found the story enjoyable enough though not particularly riveting.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-06-30 00:00:00 James Curry A SHRINE OF MURDERS (Amateur Sleuth-England-1471) - G+ Grace, C. L. (aka P.C. Doherty), 1st of series St. Martin's Press, 1993-Hardcover Kathryn Swinbrook is a physician in 15th century Canterbury. Pilgrims come from everywhere to visit the shrine of Thomas Beckett, and someone is killing them and leaving short poems pinned to the Cathedral doors. Kathryn, along with Irishman and soldier for the crown Colum Murtagn, is asked by the town officials. *** I quite enjoyed this. Although there were anachronisms aplenty, it is true that there were women physicians during this time. The clues were fairly obvious, but the use of herbology, use of Chaucer's poems and the position of women during the time was very interesting. The characters were good, particularly Kathryn's servant Thomasina and I didn't mind either the secondary plot or the budding romance between Kathryn and Colum. It's a light, quick read good for a Sunday afternoon.