Overview
The latest installment of the gripping Raven and Fisher mystery series
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2024
EDINBURGH, 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 . . .
- | Author: Ambrose Parry
- | Publisher: Canongate Books
- | Publication Date: Jun 06, 2024
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781838855512
- | ISBN-10: 1838855513
