{"product_id":"fixsen-jaima-the-specimen-9781464233296","title":"The Specimen","description":"\"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 Scotland's 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. Burnett's collection...Edinburgh, 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. Burnett's 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 Edinburgh's medical men is a controversial but open secret. But Isobel can't shake a horrible suspicion that the doctor's a proxy killer obsessed with his quest for specimens. Determined to find proof, she goes undercover as a maid in Burnett's house and soon becomes the keeper of his specimens. She'll 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 woman's 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","brand":"Sourcebooks, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53199458763094,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781464233296_1.jpg?v=1781249555","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/fixsen-jaima-the-specimen-9781464233296","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}