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E. S. Thomson was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire. She has a PhD in the history of medicine and works as a university lecturer in Edinburgh. She was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Award and the Scottish Arts Council First Book Award. Elaine lives in Edinburgh with her two sons.
Following on from the events of acclaimed debut Beloved Poison, Dark Asylum vividly portrays the Gothic horror and questionable science of Victorian mental asylums in chilling detail. Meticulously researched and masterfully plotted, E.S. Thomson has written a complex, harrowing and highly enjoyable tale Daily Express Dark Asylum positively oozes gothic menace, and the author's evocation of the city at that time is visceral and engagingly morbid ... A first class piece of historical crime writing -- Doug Johnstone Big Issue Here's a tale of Victorian London to freeze your blood on a cold winter's night -- Alex Gordon Evening Telegraph on Beloved Poison From the first page to the last, I enjoyed every brilliantly written, and often hideous, detail ... A splendid read Cambridge Magazine on Beloved Poison A historical novel to be savoured -- Lesley McDowell The National on Beloved Poison Meticulously researched and masterfully plotted, E S Thomson has written a complex, harrowing and highly enjoyable tale. Daily Express
