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  • The Spendthrift and the Swallow

  • By: Ambrose Parry
  • Narrated by: Bryan Dick
  • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

The Spendthrift and the Swallow

By: Ambrose Parry
Narrated by: Bryan Dick

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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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Short story so worth it!

Love this series, wonderful story the characters become real and love the interesting subject matter..keep up the great story telling. Thank you

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Good Story

Wished it was longer. Still great story line. loved the narrator. He spoke very clearly.

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