The Art of Dying (A Raven and Fisher Mystery Book 2)

EDINBURGH, 1849.

Hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. And a whispering campaign seeks to paint Dr James Simpson, pioneer of medical chloroform, as a murderer.

Determined to clear Simpson's name, his protégé Will Raven and former housemaid Sarah Fisher must plunge into Edinburgh's deadliest streets and find out who or what is behind the deaths. Soon they discover that the cause of the deaths has evaded detection purely because it is so unthinkable.

REVIEW

'Parry's Victorian Edinburgh comes vividly alive - and it's a world of pain' Val McDermid
'A rip-roaring tale of murder' Ian Rankin
‘Utterly compelling’ DENISE MINA S.J
‘Ingeniously plotted’ S.J. PARRIS
'Astonishing' MARK BILLINGHAM

SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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 author of over twenty novels. Dr. Marisa Haetzman is a consultant anesthetist of twenty years’ experience, whose research for her Master’s degree in the History of Medicine uncovered the material upon which this series, which began with The Way of All Flesh, is based.