The Resurrectionist

‘Dunlap evocatively creates a picture of 19th-century Edinburgh … with breathtaking pacing and rich descriptions. Each character is vivid and leaps off the page with vibrant personality. Dunlap has written a page-turner of an adventure … Medical school has never been as entertaining as it is in this book’ New York Journal of Books

‘Playing with a captivating point in history, A. Rae Dunlap weaves a story of queer love, coming of age, and macabre science against the richly-drawn atmosphere of a historic and beloved city’ Marielle Thompson

‘The Resurrectionist is a wryly humorous cat-and-mouse thriller … as twisting as Edinburgh’s cobblestone streets. It’s an enthralling debut from a writer to watch’ Patrice McDonough

‘Brilliantly researched and beautifully written. Dunlap expertly captures the history and cadence of the era, and the thrill and elation of discovery during the Enlightenment, as well as the dark and twisted depths that are the byproducts of progress. A clever tale filled with macabre intrigue and personal revelation’ Anna Lee Huber

‘With wit as sharp as a scalpel, and a plot as dark and twisted as the Edinburgh alleys in which it is set, The Resurrectionist is a thrilling debut that will have readers turning pages deep into the night’ Hester Fox

‘Mixing a macabre gothic mystery with a sensitive coming-of-age tale and a touching queer romance, Dunlap has written an exciting, well-researched debut historical adventure’ firstCLUE

‘Take a rollicking blend of surgical advances, body snatching, and a grisly short-cut to digging up all those corpses, throw in a sweet forbidden romance, and inhale this historical mystery which fired on all pistons from the first page to the last’ Vanessa Cronin, Amazon Editor (#1 BOOK OF THE MONTH – AMAZON EDITOR’S PICK)

‘Dunlap’s clever debut … melds comic, tender, and macabre moments in her well-plotted tale, and makes hay with embellished historical facts. Readers will be entertained’ Publishers Weekly

A. Rae Dunlap works as a trailer editor at Disney, bringing to life the magic of the world’s most influential storytellers for audiences everywhere. She lives in a small mountain town in California. The Resurrectionist is her first novel.