Voices of the Dead

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2024EDINBURGH, 1853.In a city of science, discovery can be deadly . . .Body parts have been found at Surgeons' Hall, and they're not anatomy specimens. Dr Will Raven is able to identify a prime suspect, but the individual he seeks happens to be an accomplished actor, a man of a thousand faces and a renowned master of disguise.Meanwhile, mesmerism, spiritualism and other unexplained phenomena are taking hold of hearts and minds. Frustrated in her own medical ambitions, Sarah Fisher sees opportunity in a new therapeutic field not already closed off to women. With the lines between science and spectacle dangerously blurred, the stage is set for a grand and deadly illusion . . .

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-06-06
Mått128 x 198 x 20 mm
Vikt289 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRaven and Fisher Mystery
Antal sidor416
FörlagCanongate Books
ISBN9781838855512
UtmärkelserShort-listed for CWA Historical Dagger 2024 (UK)

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Ambrose Parry is the penname for two authors - the internationally bestselling and multi-award-winning Chris Brookmyre and consultant anaesthetist of twenty years' experience, Dr Marisa Haetzman. Inspired by the gory details Haetzman uncovered during her History of Medicine degree, the couple teamed up to write a series of historical crime thrillers, featuring the darkest of Victorian Edinburgh's secrets. They are married and live in Scotland. The Way of All Flesh, The Art of Dying and A Corruption of Blood were shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year. A Corruption of Blood was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger in 2022.@ambroseparry