The Art of Dying - A Raven and Fisher Mystery

SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020There's a fine line between kill and cure.Edinburgh, 1849. Despite Edinburgh being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. But it is not just the deaths that dismay the esteemed Dr James Simpson. A whispering campaign seeks to blame him for the death of a patient in suspicious circumstances.Simpson's protégé Will Raven and former housemaid Sarah Fisher are determined to clear their patron's name. But with Raven battling against the dark side of his own nature, and Sarah endeavouring to expand her own medical knowledge beyond what society deems acceptable for a woman, the pair struggle to understand the cause of the deaths.Will and Sarah must unite and plunge into Edinburgh's deadliest streets to clear Simpson's name. But soon they discover that the true cause of these deaths has evaded suspicion purely because it is so unthinkable.

ISBN:	9781786896698
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Imprint:	Canongate
Published date:	29 Aug 2019
DEWEY:	823.92
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	408
Weight:	650g
Height:	162mm
Width:	241mm
Spine width:	35mm

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