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The Specimens

By Mairi Kidd

The Specimens Historical Fiction

The Specimens

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"A work of fiction that is both a potent portrait of early 19th-century Edinburgh but also a story about female agency or the lack of it. The result is a compelling, painful, haunted piece of work." THE HERALD WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2025 Up the close and down the stair, meet the women of Burke and Hare Edinburgh, 1828. Two women - one rich, one poor - must navigate life against a frenzied backdrop of medical discovery, mob mayhem, and murder. Susan's sheltered life as the wife of Robert Knox, a wealthy anatomist, is a far cry from Helen's perilous existence in the Old Town slums with her lover William Burke. Yet as people begin disappearing, these two different women face the same impossible choice. Should they protect what they have or tell the truth about what they know? Discover the notorious serial killings of Burke and Hare, told for the first time through the eyes of women whose stories reveal the depths of the human heart. COMING OCTOBER 2025 - Poor Creatures - Unearth the fascinating story of Mary Shelley: the mind which birthed Frankenstein's monster... PRAISE FOR THE SPECIMENS "Beguiling and atmospheric" HEAT MAGAZINE "A fresh, feminine take on the horrors of Scotland's most notorious serial killers" SALLY MAGNUSSON "Gruesomely gripping, this story will stay with you for a long time" SUE LAWRENCE "Mairi Kidd holds a lantern up to the brutality of women's lives in Burke, Hare and Knox's Edinburgh" LUCY RIBCHESTER
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2026-02-03
Publication Date:
2026-02-03
Publisher:
Bonnier Books UK
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1785307533
ISBN13:
9781785307539
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
204 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
196 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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