{"product_id":"the-death-of-shame-hardcover","title":"The Death of Shame - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmbrose Parry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1854, Edinburgh.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRespectable public faces hide sordid private sins.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eApprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Raven's emerging medical practice in exchange for being secretly trained as a medic, should the rules barring women ever change. Sarah needs no instruction in the inequalities that beset her gender, but even she has her eyes opened to a darker reality when a relative seeks her help in searching for her missing daughter. Annabelle Banks was promised a situation in a prestigious household, but there has been no word from her since she left home, and the agency that arranged her position says she never appeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah's inquiries lead her to reforming campaigners trying to publicise the plight of the hundreds of girls ensnared in Edinburgh's houses of assignation. Sarah learns how young women are lured, deceived, trafficked and raped, leaving them ruined in the eyes of a society obsessed with moral purity, and where virginity is prized as a lucrative commodity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon real historical events, The Death of Shame takes Raven and Sarah into a treacherous labyrinth of exploitation, corruption, high-level complicity and Victorian-style revenge porn.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Brookmyre\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally bestselling and multi-award-winning author and \u003cb\u003eDr Marisa Haetzman\u003c\/b\u003e is a consultant anaesthetist of twenty years' experience. The couple teamed up to write a series of historical crime thrillers, featuring the darkest of Victorian Edinburgh's secrets. The\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eRaven and Fisher\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries is inspired by the fascinating historical facts Haetzman uncovered through her master's degree in the History of Medicine which she completed in 2014. \u003ci\u003eThe Way of All Flesh \u003c\/i\u003ewas a Waterstones Thriller and Scottish Crime Book of the Month, was longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Award and shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Dying \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Corruption of Blood \u003c\/i\u003ewere\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eshortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year. \u003ci\u003eA Corruption of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger in 2022. In 2024, \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Dead \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger and their short story \u003ci\u003eA Spendthrift and the Swallow \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the CWA Short Dagger Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52027789082925,"sku":"9781837263431","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/iD6L6NehYN9781837263431.webp?v=1777405839","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-death-of-shame-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}