Summary
A dedicated doctor has set up a waiting mortuary on the borders of Kensal Green Cemetery, where corpses are left to decompose before burial to reassure clients that no-one can be buried alive. He collapses and dies, apparently of natural causes, but on the same night one of his most reliable employe... Full description
Series: Frances Doughty mysteries
The poisonous seed (Volume 1.)
The daughters of gentlemen (Volume 2.)
A case of doubtful death (Volume 3.)
An appetite for murder (Volume 4.)
The children of silence: a Frances Doughty mystery (Volume 5.)
Death in Bayswater (Volume 6.)
A true and faithful brother (Volume 7.)
Murder at the Bayswater Bicycle Club (Volume 8.)