What Mortal Flesh
1848. A bad year to be poor, and a worse one to be Irish.
It has been sixteen years since Sammy and Facey hoisted their last corpse. Sammy keeps a quiet Portsmouth tap-room, and Facey hosts his own Soho tavern. But when an Irish widow’s body is spirited from her bed at St Thomas’ hospital, the two erstwhile resurrection men are dragged back into the cadaver trade.
As Sammy’s daughter Lily steps into a future of her own, and old enemies they assumed long gone prove very much alive, Sammy and Facey come to a final reckoning. What will it cost two old grave robbers to bury the dead for good?
Siôn Scott-Wilson
Siôn Scott-Wilson writes short stories, novels, and plays. His first novel, The Sleepwalker’s Introduction to Flight, was published in 2008 and was listed for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award. He won the Yeovil Literary Prize for Best Novel in 2013 and was a runner-up for the Fish Publishing Prize in 2008. Siôn holds an MSc (Distinction) in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh.
Siôn is a keen épéeist, skier, tennis player, and cyclist. He has appeared nude on the London stage, and he has a BAFTA nomination.
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