{"product_id":"surgeons-hall-9781472126603","title":"Surgeons Hall","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Superb'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping and darkly atmospheric thriller set in Victorian London, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers Diaries \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Silent Companions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat secret grips Corvus Hall?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisiting the Great Exhibition to view the wax anatomical models of the famous but reclusive Dr Silas Strangeway, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find a severed hand, perfectly dissected and laid out amongst the exhibits. Assuming it to be a prank by medical students they return it to Dr Strangeway, who works at Corvus Hall, a private anatomy school run by Dr Alexander Crowe - once one of Edinburgh''s most revered anatomists. Jem''s persistence reveals that a body does indeed lie in the school''s mortuary, minus its right hand. The body has no provenance. More macabre still, its face has been dissected making identification impossible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperb\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for E. S. Thomson:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivid, pungent and perilous\u003c\/b\u003e -- Chris Brookmyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGothic. Gory. Glorious . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. S. Thompson's Jem Flockhart books are the best I've read in years. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJem is just my kind of heroine: scarred, smart, complex, and unapologetically queer\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kirsty Logan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvocative . . . brilliant plotting\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rebecca Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere's a tale of Victorian London to freeze your blood on a cold winter's night\u003c\/b\u003e -- Evening Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA marvellous, vivid book\u003c\/b\u003e -- Janet Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJem Flockhart is a marvel . . . This vivid journey into the dark side of the human soul is a thoroughly engrossing tale\u003c\/b\u003e -- Mary Paulson Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou can almost feel the evil miasma rising from the page\u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis outstanding debut historical enthrals with its meticulously researched details\u003c\/b\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo be savoured\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lesley McDowell * The National *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the first page to the last, I enjoyed every brilliantly written, and often hideous, detail . . . A splendid read\u003c\/b\u003e * Cambridge Magazine *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739373744471,"sku":"9781472126603","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472126603.jpg?v=1720052053","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/surgeons-hall-9781472126603","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}