The tincture of death

Medical experiments and a terrible series of murders - the prelude to a historical crime series of a special kind1847: A brutal series of murders of young women shakes Edinburgh. All victims have died in the same gruesome way. At the same time, medical student Will Raven takes up his post with the brilliant and renowned obstetrician Dr. Simpson, in whose house groundbreaking experiments with newly discovered anesthetics regularly take place. Here Will meets inquisitive housemaid Sarah, but she gives him a wide berth and quickly realizes that he is carrying a dark secret. Both have very personal motives for wanting to solve the murders. Their investigations lead them into the darkest corners of Edinburgh's underworld and only if they succeed in overcoming their mutual aversion do they have a chance of coming out alive.Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper - the gripping crime series set in historical EdinburghThe "Murders of Edinburgh" series is poised to add a new, gruesome chapter to the Victorian historical novel that need not hide from the genre's great role models. With the likeable protagonists Will Raven and Sarah Fisher, Ambrose Parry has created a new power couple that his fans will follow in every adventure.