When a young nurse dies on her watch, Florence Nightingale must uncover the deep-hidden secrets someone will kill to keep buried.
1853. Florence Nightingale has just accepted the position of Superintendent of the Establishment for Gentlewomen During Temporary Illness in London. She has hardly had time to learn the names of the nurses in her charge when she finds Nurse Bellamy hanging in the Establishment's library. Determined to preserve what little reputation her hospital has, and bringing Nurse Bellamy's killer to justice. When her attention turns to an hospital investor, her close friend and advocate inside the House of Commons, Sidney Herbert is suddenly reluctant to help.