Way of All Flesh #03: A Corruption of Blood

Way of All Flesh #03: A Corruption of Blood
Ambrose Parry
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h198 x 129mm - 416pg
4 Aug 2022 UK
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9781786899897
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Edinburgh, 1850. This city will bleed you dry. Dr Will Raven is a man seldom shocked by human remains, but even he is disturbed by the contents of a package washed up at the Port of Leith. Stranger still, a man Raven has long detested is pleading for his help to escape the hangman. Back in the townhouse of Dr James Simpson, Sarah Fisher has set her sights on learning to practise medicine. Almost everyone seems intent on dissuading her from this ambition, but when word reaches her that a woman has recently obtained a medical degree despite her gender, Sarah decides to seek her out. Raven' s efforts to prove his former adversary' s innocence are failing and he desperately needs Sarah' s help. Putting their feelings for one another aside, their investigations take them to both extremes of Edinburgh' s social divide, where they discover that wealth and status cannot alter a fate written in the blood.

Way of All Flesh #01: Way of All Flesh, The
Way of All Flesh #02: Art of Dying, The
#03: A Corruption of Blood

Praise for the series: Parry' s Victorian Edinburgh comes vividly alive - and it' s a world of pain -- VAL McDERMID Brilliantly conceived, fiendishly plotted and immaculately realised, these thrillers pull off the most difficult double-whammy of all: beneath blood and butchery so real they almost stain the pages lie both heart and soul . . . Wherever Parry takes them, I' ll follow -- MICK HERRON A rip-roaring tale of murder amid the medical experiments of 19th-century Edinburgh. The book brings both city and period to colourful life and is a joy to read -- IAN RANKIN * * Guardian * * Menacing, witty and ingeniously plotted, Ambrose Parry' s debut draws you into the dark heart of nineteenth-century Edinburgh and won' t let you go until the final page -- S. J. PARRIS Gleeful, romping . . . The fog and stench of Edinburgh' s Old Town definitely jump off the page . . . The central relationship between loveable rogue Raven and proto-feminist Fisher is the beating heart of The Art of Dying. Both characters are drawn with real empathy and nuance, and their complicated feelings for each other drive the book as much as the smart storylines. A great piece of storytelling * * Big Issue * * An astonishing debut. The dark and dangerous past is brought thrillingly to life. I can' t wait to read more of Raven and Sarah -- MARK BILLINGHAM Utterly compelling, this tale of Old Edinburgh is so full of characters and startling incident that I never wanted it to end -- DENISE MINA A thoroughly entertaining tale of murder and misadventure in 1840s Edinburgh * * Sunday Times * * Full of twists and turns - a great read * * Evening Times * * A dynamic new arrival . . . Ambrose Parry' s The Way of All Flesh is set in an 1840s Edinburgh where new science and old beliefs rub shoulders. Its twisty gothic plot is based on grisly real events -- NICCI FRENCH * * Observer * *
Ambrose Parry is the penname for two very different 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. Both The Way of All Flesh and The Art of Dying were shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year. A Corruption of Blood is the third in the series. @ambroseparry
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781786899897
Published: 4 Aug 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 277g
Pages: 416

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