I'll never know what she was like in real life, but Florence Nightengale, as written by Christine Trent, makes one awesome character! She's firm but kind, intelligent and innovative. In this first book of a series, Florence is the new Superintendent of the Establishment for Gentlewomen, a small hospital in need of a lot of improvements that Florence is eager to enact. But after being in the position only a week, she finds a nurse who has apparently hung herself. Florence digs deeper and realizes that nothing is as it seems. ( )

As a big fan of historical mystery was I very curious to see how this new series starring Florence Nightingale would be. And, to my utter delight is this the first book in a series absolutely wonderful!

For one thing is it wonderful to get to know Florence Nightingale a bit more, yes this is a fictional book, but I found that Christine Trent has really captured the spirit of the woman who decided to follow the call from God to sacrifice a normal life with a husband and children to work with the sick. A job that's pretty much as low ranking as a being a prostitute. Which one will notice when you read this book and getting to know the nurses a bit better. They are far away from today's nurses. Then, we have the fact that she had to give up the man she loved as well. How many of us would do that? And back in a time when women's main function was to marry, and marry well.

Then we have the mystery of the nurse that is found hanging in the library. While the police quickly rule it as a suicide isn't Florence buying that and since she is new on the job is this murder really nothing she wants at the moment (or any moment). Especially since the risk is that she will lose her new job if she doesn't quickly solve it. Hence, she suddenly has to play amateur sleuth. Which she is pretty good at doing. And, I love the fact that there were some many shady figures, secrets, strange things going on that I couldn't figure out who was behind it.

No Cure for the Dead is the first book in this series and I can't wait for the next book. I had high hopes that this book would be good, but I was blown away by the strength of the plot and how much I adored Florence and how much she impressed me. ( )

Great Mystery and a great education on Florence Nightingale a woman who sets the bar for Nursing! Book 1 of 2 - Ready for the next ( )

In 1853 Florence Nightingale is appointed to the position of Superintendent of a small womens hospital. Not long into her tenure she finds a body hanging in the library. The police beleive suicide, she does not.
An interesting enough mystery though I am not sure I have taken to Nightingale as a character. There certainly didn't seemed to be any likeable characters. I also felt that any female superintendent could have been named to solve the crimes.
A NetGalley Book ( )

Florence Nightingale is a historic hero that I really did not know anything about. I was hoping to enjoy a somewhat historical telling of this nurse and her claim to fame. I felt lost not knowing about her divine vision to pursue this profession. This seems like an aspect worth reading about. Her love for a man who purposed marriage to her and showed his loyalty staying with her for almost a decade was just totally unbelievable. Maybe this was true I don't know. Really get off the fence and let him have a real life of promise. The start of Florences' career was as a superintendent at the Establishment for gentlewomen on London in 1853. Attention peaked at the start with Nightingale discovering a nurse hanging in the library. This then led her on her quest to keep her job by having to figure out who the murderer was. LIKE REALLY? Is she a nurse or a cop. Some redeeming plot was the development of new cures and the implementing of healthy food and sanitation in this home. "A copy of this book was provided by Crooked Lane Books via netgalley with no requirements for a review. Comments here are my honest opinion." I do like the cover art. ( )