The Silent House of Sleep by Allan Gaw Md

The Silent House of Sleep by Allan Gaw Md

ABloody Scotland Crime Debut Winner (2024),The Silent House of Sleepis the award-winning first novel in a new mystery series from Allan Gaw. When not one but two corpses are discovered in a London park in 1929, brilliant but damaged pathologist Dr Jack Cuthbert must use every tool at his disposal to solve the mystery of their deaths.

'Heartbreaking and harrowing in equal measureDr Jack Cuthbert is a brilliant, damaged genius you’ll want to follow to hell and back'

-- Pauline McLean, BBC Scotland Arts Correspondent

'This murder mystery makes for compelling reading... Cuthbert himself is a finely conceived and drawn character'

-- Allan Massie * The Scotsman *

'We liked that Allan was trying to take the crime novel to new and interesting places. The central character perfectly expresses the damage of both the period and his environment, and the author’s pathology background was skilfully deployed in this highly original thriller'

-- Tariq Ashkanani, author and Bloody Scotland judge

'Deliciously dark, vividly visceral, heartbreakingly harrowing'

-- Sharon Bairden

'I loved this mystery, slow burning and gripping. There’s a sense of doom, there’s a complex and damaged main character . . . vivid and well researched life of LGBT people and the medical procedures'

* Scrapping & Playing blog *

'A fascinating yet gritty historical mystery with complex and compelling characters'

* Ljwritesandreviews *

'Excellently paced and full of tension'

* BooksbyBindu.com *

'The first in Allan Gaw’s Dr Jack Cuthbert mysteries ... [has] a gritty historical edge'

-- Rosemary Goring * The Herald *

Allan Gaw studied medicine at Glasgow University and trained as a pathologist. Having worked in the NHS and universities in the UK and the US, he took early retirement and now devotes his time to writing. His published non-fiction works include medical textbooks and magazine articles on topics as diverse as the thalidomide story, the medical challenges of space travel and the medico-legal consequences of the Hillsborough disaster.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781846977206
ISBN 10	1846977207
Title	The Silent House of Sleep
Author	Allan Gaw Md
Series	The Dr Jack Cuthbert Mysteries
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Birlinn General
Year published	2025-01-02
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Winner of Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 2024
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.