Books like Secret Place of Thunder (Cheney Duvall, M.D. #5) by Gilbert Morris
On a Louisiana plantation the aunts of Cheney Duvall’s family notice a strange malady affecting the servants and sharecroppers. Cheney, a young physician, teams up with her friend Shiloh to identify the disease’s cause and find a cure before it spreads any further. Their investigation reveals a surprisingly complex web of health, tradition, and faith that challenges the boundaries of both medicine and society.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Gilbert Morris
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