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The Man Who Wasn't

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<p>Jean McAuliffe is determined to mark her place in the field of science, but finding somewhere willing to accept a woman in postwar England is nearly impossible--until Jean applies for a position as a doctor's assistant. Her work opens new doors for her, but also poses challenges when her position is frowned upon, eventually earning herself the derogatory nickname 'The Doctor's Woman'.</p> <p>Doctor Stefan Ursler is a psychologist, having left his native Austria to receive his education in England. After he accepts Jean into his employment, he draws her into the world of the mind, captivating her with the study of human nature. But more captivating to Jean is Ursler's current subject of study: the mental trauma suffered by veterans of the Great War.</p> <p>When Jean is assigned duty to be companion to a young shell-shocked soldier named Eddie Howard, she believes that she might be able to pull him out of his own mental prison. But one morning, Jean arrives at Eddie's room to find him missing, the only trace of him being a cryptic note that Jean can't understand. As the police begin their search for Eddie, Jean and Ursler uncover the bizarre truth that the Eddie Howard they know doesn't exist.</p> <p>The deeper Jean and her employer delve into the mystery of the nonexistent patient, the more desperate the search for Eddie becomes, especially after a brutal killing leaves fingers pointing to the missing soldier. But when Jean unearths the dark truth that Eddie has been keeping since the end of the war, she and Ursler must find him before time runs out, and the killer finds another victim.</p>

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<p>It is six years after the end of the Great War, and Jean McAuliffe, a young woman who has left her native Dublin after quitting her job as a nanny, journeys to the small English village of St. Cyril Greene to set a path for her life. It is there that she finds work as a companion to patients at a mental asylum. Despite being baffled and almost frightened by her work, she finds herself fascinated by the study of the human mind, and begins to feel as if the field of psychology is calling her. But when one of the patients assigned to Jean's care vanishes, not only her job, but her dreams of making something with her life, are threatened.</p> <p>Eddie Howard, a former soldier of the Great War, is not himself. Suffering from extreme shell shock and psychological trauma, he has no memory of his life before his arrival at White Isle Asylum for the Mentally Ill. Having been previously violent, he has lapsed into a trance-like state of silence, until he is assigned to Jean's care. When he vanishes, Jean is held responsible, and her only chance of keeping her job lies with the hope of finding Howard in time.</p> <p>However, the search for Howard turns nearly impossible when it is discovered that he does not exist under his recorded name, and he carries a deadly secret with him. When a brutal murder follows his disappearance, he is naturally the first suspect. But Jean refuses to believe Howard capable of murder, and she takes upon herself to find him, and unveil his secret, before the killer finds another victim.</p>

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<p>Six years after the Great War, Jean McAuliffe, an independent young woman, determines to find the truth of her mother, who abandoned Jean as a baby. Leaving her native Dublin after quitting her job as a nanny, Jean journeys to the small English village of St. Cyril, the last place anyone saw or heard of her mother. It is there that she applies for a job at White Isle Asylum for the Mentally Ill to support herself during her search. The last thing she expects is to be drawn into the world of psychological care, and to be drawn into the lives of two enigmatic men.</p> <p>But when one of the patients assigned to Jean's care, a shell-shocked soldier with no memory of his past, vanishes, not only her job, but her dreams of finding her mother, are threatened. When patient Edmund Howard vanishes, Jean is held responsible, and her only chance of keeping her job lies with the hope of finding Howard in time.</p> <p>However, the search for Howard turns nearly impossible when it is discovered that he does not exist under his recorded name, and he carries a deadly secret with him. When a brutal murder follows his disappearance, he is naturally the first suspect. But Jean refuses to believe Howard capable of murder, and she takes upon herself to find him, and unveil his secret, before the killer finds another victim.</p>

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