THE SPECIMEN : A CHILLING GOTHIC HISTORICAL THRILLER BASED ON THE BURKE AND HARE MURDERS

THE SPECIMEN : A CHILLING GOTHIC HISTORICAL THRILLER BASED ON THE BURKE AND HARE MURDERS

Κωδικός: SMTRA-978-1-4642-3329-6

The Specimen is a fantastic read! Tense, gripping and full of fabulous characters ... I devoured it in two sittings. Gareth Brown, bestselling author of The Book of DoorsLoosely based on Scotlands infamous Burke and Hare murders, The Specimen is a haunting historical crime thriller perfect for readers of The London Seance Society and A History of Fear. ***Walk carefully, lest you become a part of Dr. Burnetts collectionEdinburgh, 1826. Isobel Tait does her best to raise her young son Thomas alone, but yellow fever has left him with a scarred heart. Even a specialist, the renowned Dr. Connall Burnett, can do nothing for him. Isobel decides to make the most of the remaining time with her son. Until he goes missing. A chance visit to Dr. Burnetts collection of specimens elicits a horrifying realisation: there, in a small jar among stuffed lizards and misshapen bones, is a new addition: a tiny human heart. The use of stolen bodies by Edinburghs medical men is a controversial but open secret. But Isobel cant shake a horrible suspicion that the doctors a proxy killer obsessed with his quest for specimens. Determined to find proof, she goes undercover as a maid in Burnetts house and soon becomes the keeper of his specimens. Shell have to gather evidence, protect his patients, and exact justice?and not get caught. Based on a true story, The Specimen is a mesmerising work of Gothic historical fiction that explores one womans search for truth and vengeance in the darkest of places where the deadliest secrets lie hidden in plain sight, on a freshly dusted shelf. TropesGothic ThrillerMysteryHistorical FictionEvil DoctorVengeful MotherBased On a True Story