A Corruption of Blood - Nominiert: CWA Historical Dagger, 2022. Nominiert: The McIlvanney Prize, 2022
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| Verlag | Canongate Books |
| Auflage | 2021 |
| Seiten | 416 |
| Format | 15,5 x 3,1 x 23,3 cm |
| Print PDF | |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Die Morde von Edinburgh / A Raven and Fisher Mystery 3 |
| EAN | 9781786899866 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78689986UA |
A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 3
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.
Rezension:
The ambience of mid-nineteenth-century Edinburgh is well captured and makes for a gripping read. The authors are astute observers of human behaviour and outlook. The three novels in the trilogy are clearly well researched and shine a light on the cruelties, injustices and inequalities of the period described . . . Based on some actual events it's more than mere entertainment Bookmunch