The Spendthrift and the Swallow
Published on 24. April 2023
16 pages
978-1-80530-182-0 (ISBN)
Description
Edinburgh, 1853.
In a city where reputation is everything, it doesn't take much to destroy a man.
When Cora Carlton, socialite and wife of a free-spending entrepreneur, dies suddenly on New Year's Eve, the knives are out for her physician, the esteemed Dr James Young Simpson.
Determined to separate medical fact from malicious rumour, Simpson's protege Dr Will Raven and aspiring medical practitioner Sarah Fisher traverse the heights of society and the depths of the underworld to uncover a grisly truth.
In this digital exclusive short story, wander through the dark alleys of Victorian Edinburgh with Raven and Fisher, and read on for a sneak preview of Ambrose Parry's new novel Voices of the Dead.
In a city where reputation is everything, it doesn't take much to destroy a man.
When Cora Carlton, socialite and wife of a free-spending entrepreneur, dies suddenly on New Year's Eve, the knives are out for her physician, the esteemed Dr James Young Simpson.
Determined to separate medical fact from malicious rumour, Simpson's protege Dr Will Raven and aspiring medical practitioner Sarah Fisher traverse the heights of society and the depths of the underworld to uncover a grisly truth.
In this digital exclusive short story, wander through the dark alleys of Victorian Edinburgh with Raven and Fisher, and read on for a sneak preview of Ambrose Parry's new novel Voices of the Dead.
Reviews / Votes
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 mostdifficult 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 Exceptional -- IRVINE WELSH A thoroughly entertaining tale of murder and misadventure in 1840s Edinburgh * * Sunday 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 * *
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Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
4,01 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-80530-182-0 (9781805301820)
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Ambrose Parry is a pseudonym for a collaboration between Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman. The couple are married and live in Scotland. Chris Brookmyre is the international bestselling and multi-award-winning author of over twenty novels. Dr Marisa Haetzman is a consultant anaesthetist of twenty years' experience, whose research for her Master's degree in the History of Medicine uncovered the material upon which this series, which begun with The Way of All Flesh, is based. The Way of all Flesh was longlisted for both the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award and the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year.
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