The Specimen: A Chilling Gothic Historical Thriller Based On the Burke and Hare Murders – Fixsen Jaima (2024)

The Specimen is a fantastic read! Tense, gripping and full of fabulous characters ... I devoured it in two sittings. - Gareth Brown, bestselling author of The Book of Doors. Loosely based on Scotland's infamous Burke and Hare murders, The Specimen is a haunting historical crime thriller perfect for readers of The London Seance Society and A History of Fear. ***Walk carefully, lest you become a part of Dr. Burnett's collection... Edinburgh, 1826. Isobel Tait does her best to raise her young son Thomas alone, but yellow fever has left him with a scarred heart. Even a specialist, the renowned Dr. Connall Burnett, can do nothing for him. Isobel decides to make the most of the remaining time with her son. Until he goes missing. A chance visit to Dr. Burnett's collection of specimens elicits a horrifying realization: there, in a small jar among stuffed lizards and misshapen bones, is a new addition: a tiny human heart. The use of stolen bodies by Edinburgh's medical men is a controversial but open secret. But Isobel can't shake a horrible suspicion that the doctor's a proxy killer obsessed with his quest for specimens. Determined to find proof, she goes undercover as a maid in Burnett's…