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  • The Spendthrift and the Swallow

  • By: Ambrose Parry
  • Narrated by: Bryan Dick
  • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)
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The Spendthrift and the Swallow

By: Ambrose Parry
Narrated by: Bryan Dick
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Summary

Edinburgh, 1853.

In a city where reputation is everything, it doesn’t take much to destroy a man. When Cora Carlton, socialite and wife of a free-spending entrepreneur, dies suddenly on New Year’s Eve, the knives are out for her physician, the esteemed Dr James Young Simpson.

Determined to separate medical fact from malicious rumour, Simpson’s protégé Dr Will Raven and aspiring medical practitioner Sarah Fisher traverse the heights of society and the depths of the underworld to uncover a grisly truth.

In this digital exclusive short story, wander through the dark alleys of Victorian Edinburgh with Raven and Fisher, and listen on for a sneak preview of Ambrose Parry’s new novel Voices of the Dead.
©2023 Ambrose Parry (P)2023 Canongate Books
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A good short story

A good short story in the series. I enjoy the series and this one was no exception.

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A bite size short story

This is like a self contained little taster story for those who might want to go on to read one of the novels. It was pretty good, and so was the narrator.
There is a prologue to a novel after the story for people who like such things.

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