‘A terrific read - Victorian Edinburgh's medical world resurrected, and brought vividly to life’
GAVIN FRANCIS

‘A rip-roaring tale of murder amid the medical experiments of 19th-century Edinburgh. The book brings both city and period to colourful life and is a joy to read.’
IAN RANKIN, Guardian, Best Summer Books

‘Menacing, witty and ingeniously plotted, Ambrose Parry’s debut draws you into the dark heart of nineteenth-century Edinburgh and won’t let you go until the final page’
S.J. PARRIS

Utterly compelling, this tale of Old Edinburgh is so full of characters and startling incident that I never wanted it to end’
DENISE MINA

‘Parry's Victorian Edinburgh comes vividly alive - and it's a world of pain’
VAL McDERMID

‘Pretty damn exceptional’
IRVINE WELSH

‘There’s a dynamic new arrival in this niche category of writers. Ambrose Parry’s The Way of All Flesh is set in an 1840s Edinburgh where new science and old beliefs rub shoulders. Its twisty gothic plot is based on grisly real events. The two main characters – a tormented apprentice doctor, Will Raven, and a spirited and clever housemaid, Sarah Fisher – lead the reader down dark alleys, through aristocratic parlours and prostitutes’ bedrooms, into secret worlds’
NICCI FRENCH, Observer

‘An astonishing debut. The dark and dangerous past is brought thrillingly to life. I can’t wait to read more of Raven and Sarah’
MARK BILLINGHAM

‘The city of Burke & Hare has found a new classic murder. The Way of All Flesh is a darkly, stylish mystery underpinned by hard facts and expert research. A hugely enjoyable debut’
LOUISE WELSH

‘Everything you could possibly want in a historical crime fiction novel with extra thrills and chills on the side’
STUART MacBRIDE

‘A great read. Fascinating, informative and intriguing. Old Edinburgh brought to life, and death, within these pages’
LIN ANDERSON

‘I adored this atmospheric, enthralling novel. Victorian Edinburgh comes thrillingly to life’
JENNY COLGAN

‘A thoroughly entertaining tale of murder and misadventure in 1840s Edinburgh.’
Sunday Times

‘An enjoyable, dark-edged romp through Victorian Edinburgh . . . The Way of All Flesh is a treat. The historical setting is fascinating, and all of Brookmyre's wit and storytelling verve are evident in this tale of scalpels and secrets.’
The Times

‘This menacing, cleverly plotted tale set in 1840s Edinburgh . . . heralds the dawn of a new collaboration between Christopher Brookmyre and his wife Dr Marisa Haetzman’
Sunday Post