The Death of Shame and To the Shades Descend: Ambrose Parry and Allan Gaw with Alistair Braidwood, United Kingdom, 2025

The Death of Shame and To the Shades Descend: Ambrose Parry and Allan Gaw with Alistair Braidwood

Historic, Mystery, Inequality

Podcaster Alistair Braidwood chats with two authors about their thrilling historical fiction novels, one set in 1854 Edinburgh and the other in 1931 Glasgow.

Ambrose Parry returns with a fifth instalment of his acclaimed crime series. The Death of Shame sees heroine Sarah Fisher investigate the disappearance of a young woman in a plotline based on disturbing real events. When a relative seeks her help in searching for her missing daughter, Sarah is thrust into a lurid mystery that takes her to some of the darkest and most depraved corners of the capital.

Joining Ambrose is Allan Gaw, author of To the Shades Descend. Visiting from London, Dr Jack Cuthbert unexpectedly finds himself at the centre of a horrifying crime in Glasgow. Cuthbert must navigate a political minefield, with British fascists and the city’s notorious razor gangs in the frame. To solve the case, he needs to gather all the expertise he can from those around him. But, out of his usual surroundings and working with strangers, who can he trust?

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