![]() ![]() Agent: Helen Breitwieser, Cornerstone Literary. ![]() Romance gives the book most of its tension. But when those closest to her conspire against Parliament, she risks losing her reputation, her business.and even her life. As her queries in these unusual cases unwittingly alarm a serial killer, she finds unexpected support from Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, and Samuel Harper “of the Confederate States of America,” a “Buyer of Special Goods.” That the murders play a minimal role in the story may disappoint mystery readers, but the author’s painstaking research offers a tale rich with historical incidents and details that period lovers relish. Christine Trent's last book, By The King's Design, centered on a young cloth merchant who enters the opulent world of palace renovations when she has the opportunity to work on the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. I have all sorts of delicious plans for malice and mayhem in a leaking, crumbling, 19th century wartime hospital Christine Trent is the author of the Florence Nightingale Mysteries, as well as the Lady of Ashes historical mystery series and three other historical novels. Meanwhile, Violet notices puzzling causes of death among the corpses she lays out. When Graham is caught smuggling goods to Civil War–torn America, he must flee England. Her indifferent housekeeping also puts a strain on the marriage. Violet Morgan and her husband, Graham, of whose prosperous funeral business she’s the backbone, quarrel after Violet takes in an abandoned orphan. A most unusual heroine-an undertaker in 1860s London-drives this capable first in a new series from historical fiction author Trent (By the King’s Design). ![]()
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