The Specimens
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The Specimens
Narrated by:
Gerda Stevenson
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Narrated by:
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Gerda Stevenson
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By:
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Mairi Kidd
About this listen
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©2024 Mairi Kidd (P)2024 Bonnier Books UK
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