{"product_id":"the-art-of-dying-9781786896735","title":"The Art of Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Parry's Victorian Edinburgh comes vividly alive - and it's a world of pain' Val McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rip-roaring tale of murder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' Ian Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdinburgh, 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 chloroform, as a murderer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetermined to clear Simpson's name, his protégé Will Raven and former housemaid Sarah Fisher must plunge into Edinburgh's deadliest streets and find out who or what is behind the deaths. Soon they discover that the cause of the deaths has evaded detection purely because it is so unthinkable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmbrose Parry\u003c\/b\u003e is a pseudonym for a collaboration between Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman. The couple are married and live in Scotland. Chris Brookmyre is the international bestselling and multi-award-winning author of over twenty novels. Dr Marisa Haetzman is a consultant anaesthetist of twenty years' experience, whose research for her Master's degree in the History of Medicine uncovered the material upon which this series, which began with \u003ci\u003eThe Way of All Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e, is based. \u003ci\u003eThe Way of All Flesh \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year and longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Dying \u003c\/i\u003eis the second book in the series.\u003cbr\u003e@ambroseparry\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Black Thorn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670183645458,"sku":"9781786896735","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fc9692e0-2288-498f-9875-3249bbd144c8.jpg?v=1733774161","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-art-of-dying-9781786896735","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}