A dark historical thriller following the aftermath of Burke and Hare's murders
as surviving accomplices flee and secrets resurface. They got away with murder
once... 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. From the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, The Edinburgh
Skating Club.