Author Ritu Mukerji shares some of the inspiration and background for her novel, Murder By Degrees, an Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel. Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th-century Philadelphia, following a pioneering woman doctor as she investigates the disappearance of a young patient who is presumed dead. Born in Kolkata, India and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, Mukerji has been a practicing internist for fifteen years. You can learn more about her here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Ritu-Mukerji/196724651.