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One of Victorian London's most respected undertakers, Violet Harper has the new duty of accompanying coffins from various undertakers on the London Necropolis Railway for respectful funerals and burials in Surrey. But on her fateful first trip, the mournful silence of the train is shattered by the shrill ringing of a coffin bell - a device that prevents a person from being buried alive.

Inside the noisome coffin, Violet finds a man wide-eyed with fear, claiming he was falsely interred. When a second coffin bell is rung on another trip Violet grows suspicious. She voices her qualms to Inspector Hurst of Scotland Yard, only to receive a puzzling reply that, after all, it is not a crime to rise from the dead. But Violet's instincts are whispering that all is not well on the London Necropolis Railway's tracks. Is this all merely the result of clumsy undertaking, or is there something more sinister afoot?

Determined to get to the heart of the matter, Violet uncovers a treacherous plot and villains who will stop at nothing to keep a lid on her search for the truth.

©2015 Christine Trent (P)2015 Audible Inc. Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction England Railroad
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I've listened to quite a few in this series. I've grown to like the characters and the way the writer gives them life. The mysteries are real mysteries especially this last one. I couldnt work out where it was going with people waking up in coffins. I never knew undertaking work was so fascinating. The detail is amazing. I can't believe I enjoyed hearing how they processed the dead. This writer is amazing. She not only unfolds all those secrets but how people dressed and the food they ate and still held us in suspense. Violet is not afraid to put herself in danger and certainly takes some knocks unlike some lady detectives who detect from a safe place.
I've grown used to the narrator now. It took me a while but she reads well and doesn't mispronounce much. She does make the characters live and does really well with mens voices especially Sam.
Really enjoyed all the books so far.

A Victorian lady undertaker! Who would have thought it could be so exciting!

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