The Crime Writers’ Association

Short Story Dagger 2024

Shortlisted


Ambrose Parry

The Spendthrift and the Swallow

Published by: Canongate Books

Judges’ Comments
Vivid, well-rendered story of medicine, mesmerism, and murder, set in Victorian Edinburgh and based on real events.

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