TY  - BOOK
AU  - Trent,Christine
TI  - Lady of ashes
SN  - 0758265913 (trade pbk.)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Kensington Books
KW  - Murder
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Undertakers and undertaking
KW  - Women
KW  - London (England)
KW  - Mystery fiction
KW  - gsafd
N1  - Includes reading group guide and discussion questions; Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-416)
N2  - In 1861 London, Violet Morgan is struggling to establish a good reputation for the undertaking business that her husband has largely abandoned. She provides comfort for the grieving, advises them on funeral fashion and etiquette, and arranges funerals. Unbeknownst to his wife, Graham, who has nursed a hatred of America since his grandfather soldiered for Great Britain in the War of 1812, becomes involved in a scheme to sell arms to the South. Meanwhile, Violet receives the commission of a lifetime: undertaking the funeral for a friend of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. But her position remains precarious, especially when Graham disappears and she begins investigating a series of deaths among the poor. And the closer she gets to the truth, the greater the danger for them both
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