![]() Journalist Peter - who formerly worked for The Scotsman covering science and business - delved into the newspaper’s archives to find out what happened to Hare after his partner in crime Burke was hanged for their crimes. "With the book being published by a relatively small publisher, I was asked for cover ideas and it was mine that was developed into the final design." ![]() "It does have a lovely cover - a shadowy Victorian figure walking away from the reader. "It’ll be nice to have the book in my hand this time!" said the writer. ![]() Last September when Hare, Peter’s fictional version of what happened to one half of the notorious Scottish murdering duo Burke and Hare, brought the writer to Nairn Book and Arts Festival, the books weren’t out yet. WHEN writer Peter Ranscombe returns to hometown Nairn today (Friday) to launch the paperback edition of his novel, he is happy copies of the book will be there too. ![]() Peter Ranscombe with William Burke’s skeleton at the University of Edinburgh’s anatomical museum. ![]()
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