Specimen, The

Based loosely on the true case of the Burke and Hare muders, this is the story of a man who terrorised the streets of Edinburgh... and the woman determined to stop him at any cost. Edinburgh 1826. Isobel Tait does her best to raise her young son alone, but yellow fever has left him with a scarred heart. Even a specialist can do nothing for him. Isobel decides to make the most of the remaining time with her son. Until he goes missing. A chance visit to the specialist's collection of specimens elicits a horrifying realisation: there, in a small jar among stuffed lizards and misshapen bones, is a new addition. A tiny human heart.