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The Art of Dying

Ambrose Parry

From Shelf: Mystery In History

The next in the series of gripping historical crime novels from bestselling author Chris Brookmyre and consultant anaesthetist Dr Marisa Haetzman, set in nineteenth-century Edinburgh

'Parry's Victorian Edinburgh comes vividly alive - and it's a world of pain' Val McDermid'Brilliantly conceived, fiendishly plotted' Mick HerronSHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 2Edinburgh, 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.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
416
Publisher:
Canongate Books
ISBN:
9781786896735
Published Date:
7/1/2021
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 24mm
Weight:
315g
Category:
Historical mysteries

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781786896735

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