Mrs Burke & Mrs Hare : They got away with murder once . . .
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1846976804
ISBN-13
9781846976803
Publisher
Birlinn General
Imprint
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 17th, 2025
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
248 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 13.00 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Historical mysteriesThriller / suspenseHistorical fiction
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From the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, The Edinburgh Skating Club. Delve into one of Scotland's most notorious periods of history, and discover the women behind the killers - the scheming wives of Burke and Hare. This is a story that takes the reader deep into the darkness of Victorian Scotland, where sinister events unfold.
From the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, The Edinburgh Skating Club.In the shadowy closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town, sixteen people are murdered to feed surgeon Dr Robert Knox’s insatiable need for his anatomy classes. Burke and Hare and their wives, Lucky and Nelly, are all complicit, but only Burke swings for their crimes. Lucky, Nelly and Hare go on the run from the angry mob, reinvention their only means of survival.Years later, journalist Duncan Fletcher hears rumours of sightings of the two women. Keen to impress his editor, Duncan investigates the aftermath of the murder trial. With cobbler Joseph Campbell in tow, Duncan’s quest leads him to the backstreets of London, where the horrors of the past collide with the present.The time for retribution has come.
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