Author: Parry, Ambrose
Historical mysteries
Published on 6 June 2024 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom as part of 'the A Raven and Fisher Mystery' series.
Paperback | 416 pages
128 x 198 x 29 | 290g
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2024EDINBURGH, 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 . . .