Author(s): Parry, Ambrose,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 07/01/2021,
Pagination: 416 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Black Thorn,
Published By: Canongate Books Ltd
Book Classification: Historical mysteries, Historical fiction
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781786896735

Description:

SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020.

Edinburgh, 1849. Hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. And a whispering campaign seeks to paint Dr James Simpson, pioneer of medical chloroform, as a murderer.

Determined to clear Simpson's name, his protege Will Raven and former housemaid Sarah Fisher must plunge into Edinburgh's deadliest streets and find out who or what is behind the deaths. Soon they discover that the cause of the deaths has evaded detection purely because it is so unthinkable.