The Way of All Flesh

By (author) Ambrose Parry

Edinburgh, 1847. City of Medicine, Money, Murder.In Edinburgh’s Old Town young women are being found dead, all having suffered similarly gruesome ends. Across the city in the New Town, medical student Will Raven is about to start his apprenticeship with the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson.Simpson’s patients range from the richest to the poorest of this divided city. His house is like no other, full of visiting luminaries and daring experiments in the new medical frontier of anaesthesia. It is here that Raven meets housemaid Sarah Fisher, who recognises trouble when she sees it and takes an immediate dislike to him. She has all of Raven’s intelligence but none of his privileges, in particular his medical education.With each having their own motive to look deeper into these deaths, Raven and Sarah find themselves propelled headlong into the darkest shadows of Edinburgh’s underworld, where they will have to overcome their differences if they are to make it out alive.

Reviews of The Way of All Flesh

Parry's Victorian Edinburgh comes vividly alive – and it's a world of pain — VAL McDERMID Menacing, witty and ingeniously plotted, Ambrose Parry's debut draws you into the dark heart of nineteenth-century Edinburgh and won't let you go until the final page — S.J. PARRIS Utterly compelling, this tale of Old Edinburgh is so full of characters and startling incident that I never wanted it to end — DENISE MINA An astonishing debut. The dark and dangerous past is brought thrillingly to life. I can't wait to read more of Raven and Sarah — MARK BILLINGHAM The city of Burke & Hare has found a new classic murder. The Way of All Flesh is a darkly stylish mystery underpinned by hard facts and expert research. A hugely enjoyable debut — LOUISE WELSH I adored this atmospheric, enthralling novel. Victorian Edinburgh comes thrillingly to life — JENNY COLGAN Everything you could possibly want in a historical crime fiction novel with extra thrills and chills on the side — STUART MACBRIDE PRAISE FOR CHRIS BROOKMYRE: Exceptionally good * * Guardian * * Utterly compulsive * * Sunday Mirror * * Mystery plotting at its highest level * * Spectator * *