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When you are a prisoner of your secrets, the death of shame is the only path to liberty. Annabel Banks was promised work as a maid with a prestigious Edinburgh family. But on her first day, she's nowhere to be found. Concerned relatives contact Sarah Fisher...
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When you are a prisoner of your secrets, the death of shame is the only path to liberty.
Annabel Banks was promised work as a maid with a prestigious Edinburgh family. But on her first day, she's nowhere to be found. Concerned relatives contact Sarah Fisher to help. Sarah might know her way around the city—its light sides and dark—but soon she'll discover the plight of dozens of girls ensnared in its many brothels: lured, abused, and left ruined in the eyes of the world.
Meanwhile, a prominent society figure throws himself from the Scott Monument. Will Raven is asked to establish whether the death was suicide or if someone else was involved. Drawing upon real historical events, The Death of Shame takes the Raven and Fisher series into a treacherous labyrinth of shame and the pitfalls of a culture obsessed with moral purity.
"So well devised and plotted that it rattles along compellingly. It is full of horrors, yet at the same time the characterization and the authors' mastery of pace means that you are likely to read it very happily at the gallop. I found it thoroughly enjoyable, a fine piece of craftsmanship" — ALAN MASSIE ― Scotsman
"Victorian virtues turn out to be anything but in this gripping story which takes in photography, pornography and people trafficking" ― Herald
"Parry's Victorian Edinburgh comes vividly alive - and it's a world of pain" — VAL McDERMID
"Brilliantly conceived, fiendishly plotted and immaculately realised, these thrillers pull off the most difficult double-whammy of all: beneath blood and butchery so real they almost stain the pages lie both heart and soul . . . Wherever Parry takes them, I'll follow" — MICK HERRON
"A rip-roaring tale of murder amid the medical experiments of 19th-century Edinburgh. The book brings both city and period to colourful life and is a joy to read" — IAN RANKIN
"The husband and wife duo of Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman writing as Ambrose Parry is a creative match made in historical crime fiction heaven . . . Riveting" ― Sunday Post
Series: A Raven and Fisher Mystery
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The Art of Dying
Parry's Victorian Edinburgh comes vividly alive - and it's a world of pain - Val McDermid A rip-roaring tale of murder - Ian Rankin SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 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...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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Brilliantly conceived, fiendishly plotted - Mick Herron The immersive world of Ambrose Parry just gets better and better - Jess Kidd Edinburgh, 1853. In a city of science, discovery can be deadly . . . In a time of unprecedented scientific innovation, the public's appetite for wonder has seen a resurgence of interest in mesmerism, spiritualism, and other unexplained phenomena....Hardback$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2024 EDINBURGH, 1853. In a city of science, discovery can be deadly . . . Body parts have been found at Surgeons' Hall, and they're not anatomy specimens. Dr Will Raven is able to identify a prime suspect, but the individual he seeks happens to be an accomplished actor, a man of a thousand...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Death of Shame
1854, Edinburgh. Respectable faces hide private sins. Apprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Raven's emerging medical practice in exchange for being secretly trained as a medic, should the rules barring women ever change. Sarah needs no instruction in the inequalities that beset her gender, but even she has her eyes opened to a darker reality when a...Hardback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
A Corruption of Blood
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When you are a prisoner of your secrets, the death of shame is the only path to liberty. Annabel Banks was promised work as a maid with a prestigious Edinburgh family. But on her first day, she's nowhere to be found. Concerned relatives contact Sarah Fisher to help. Sarah might know her way around the city—its light sides and dark—but...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order -
The Way of All Flesh
The Way of All Flesh is set in Edinburgh, 1847. Will Raven is a medical student, apprenticing for the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson. Sarah Fisher is Simpson's housemaid and has all of Raven's intelligence but none of his privileges. As bodies begin to appear across the Old Town, Raven and Sarah find themselves propelled headlong into the darkest shadows...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781837263462
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 204.0mm
Weight: 295g
Pages: 432
About the Author
Chris Brookmyre is an internationally bestselling and multi-award-winning author and Dr Marisa Haetzman is a consultant anaesthetist of twenty years' experience. The couple teamed up to write a series of historical crime thrillers, featuring the darkest of Victorian Edinburgh's secrets. The Way of All Flesh was a Waterstones Thriller and Scottish Crime Book of the Month, was longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Award and shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year. The Art of Dying and A Corruption of Blood wereshortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year. A Corruption of Blood was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger in 2022. In 2024, Voices of the Dead was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger and their short story A Spendthrift and the Swallow was shortlisted for the CWA Short Dagger Award.
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The Art of Dying
Parry's Victorian Edinburgh comes vividly alive - and it's a world of pain - Val McDermid A rip-roaring tale of murder - Ian Rankin SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 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...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Voices of the Dead
Brilliantly conceived, fiendishly plotted - Mick Herron The immersive world of Ambrose Parry just gets better and better - Jess Kidd Edinburgh, 1853. In a city of science, discovery can be deadly . . . In a time of unprecedented scientific innovation, the public's appetite for wonder has seen a resurgence of interest in mesmerism, spiritualism, and other unexplained phenomena....Hardback$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Voices of the Dead
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2024 EDINBURGH, 1853. In a city of science, discovery can be deadly . . . Body parts have been found at Surgeons' Hall, and they're not anatomy specimens. Dr Will Raven is able to identify a prime suspect, but the individual he seeks happens to be an accomplished actor, a man of a thousand...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Death of Shame
1854, Edinburgh. Respectable faces hide private sins. Apprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Raven's emerging medical practice in exchange for being secretly trained as a medic, should the rules barring women ever change. Sarah needs no instruction in the inequalities that beset her gender, but even she has her eyes opened to a darker reality when a...Hardback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
A Corruption of Blood
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The Way of All Flesh
The Way of All Flesh is set in Edinburgh, 1847. Will Raven is a medical student, apprenticing for the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson. Sarah Fisher is Simpson's housemaid and has all of Raven's intelligence but none of his privileges. As bodies begin to appear across the Old Town, Raven and Sarah find themselves propelled headlong into the darkest shadows...PaperbackSold Out
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