The Blood Doctor
by Ruth Rendell
2002
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The current Lord Nanther (Martin) is going to write a biography of his ancestor, the first Lord Nanther (Henry). This first Lord Nanther was a physician of Queen Victoria, and was specialized in blood desaeses (haemophilia). Martin discovers a well kept family secret, that influences the whole family, until today. Meanwhile he has his own personal problems, with the heritidary peers of the house of Lords being discarded and a wife trying to get pregnant.