An acquaintance with deathHaunted by her family’s unsolved murder sixteen years ago, Leonora Spencer is familiar with death. As an assistant in her elderly uncle’s London morgue, she uses her photographic memory to catalogue details for his coroner reports. She also isn’t opposed to helping during postmortems, when his skilled hands begin to shake. After a thief breaks into the morgue and steals a locket from a corpse, Leo is determined to understand why, even if it means going against Detective Inspector Jasper Reid’s express orders to keep her nose out of it.A closely guarded pastBorn and bred in the East End slums, Jasper Reid’s recent promotion to the detective’s branch at Scotland Yard is a long step up from his murky past…a past he can’t afford to reveal to anyone. The last thing he needs is a muddled case connecting to the criminals he once associated with—and to the well-known eccentric Leo Spencer. Her stubborn resolve to undermine Jasper’s investigation tests his patience and the complicated history they share.A murderer closing inWhen the missing locket and a handful of suspicious deaths point to a mysterious buried object, Jasper grudgingly accepts Leo’s help to locate it. But someone is watching, and the more they uncover about a deadly blackmail plot, the closer Leo and Jasper get to becoming the killer’s next targets.Shadow at the Morgue is the first book in Cara Devlin’s new Spencer & Reid historical mystery series set in Victorian London. Perfect for fans of PBS Masterpiece’s Miss Scarlet & the Duke, and readers of Irina Shapiro, Andrea Penrose, and C.S. Harris.

A high-society homicide is the talk of the London season . . ."Marsh's writing is a pleasure." —The Seattle Times It's debutante season in London, and that means giggles and tea-dances, white dresses and inappropriate romances . . ..and much too much champagne. And, apparently, a blackmailer, which is where Inspector Roderick Alleyn comes in. The social whirl is decidedly not Alleyn's environment, so he brings in an assistant in the form of Lord "Bunchy" Gospell, everybody's favorite uncle. Bunchy is more than lovable; he's also got some serious sleuthing skills. But before he can unmask the blackmailer, a murder is announced. And everyone suddenly stops giggling . . . "It's time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around." —New York Magazine "[Her] writing style and vivid characters and settings made her a mystery novelist of world renown." —The New York Times

For Lady Eleanor Swift, Paris means champagne at breakfast, romantic walks by the Eiffel Tower… and her deadliest case yet! Newlyweds Lady Swift and Detective Hugh Seldon are honeymooning in the most romantic city on earth. Clifford, her butler,has come along for the trip to make sure everything goes to plan for the happy couple. And Gladstone, the mischievous bulldog, to make sure it doesn’t!But the pair are shocked when, just as they are toasting their new marriage at the best table in their hotel’s opulent restaurant, a man tumbles through the glass roof and lands amid the silverware and coq au vin. Before he dies, he presses a striking pearl brooch into Eleanor’s hands. She has the strangest feeling of déjà vu. Has she met this man before? All too quickly, the local police arrive and immediately accuse the new Mr and Mrs of working with the victim – a thief who’d just robbed the museum down the block.With her new husband by her side, Eleanor races to clear their name and discover who would kill to get their hands on the unusual brooch. Following a clue about a doomed love affair takes the gang from the famous cabarets and cobbled streets of Paris to rubbing shoulders with the aristocracy at the very top of the Eiffel Tower.But soon Eleanor notices a mysterious man in black following their every footstep. Is he friend or foe? And can Eleanor and Hugh unravel the case before the City of Light becomes the city of death?An utterly charming and unputdownable golden age cozy mystery set in Paris. Fans of T.E. Kinsey, Catherine Coles and Lee Strauss will adore it.What readers are saying about Death at a Paris Hotel:‘Truly amazing… Absolutely loved this… I genuinely laughed out loud!!… Had me hooked… absolutely perfect.’ NetGalley reviewer, ?????‘I absolutely devoured this brilliant read in one sitting… I just could not put it down… absolutely fantastic… LOVE.’ bookwormwhitlock86, ?????‘What a ride, y’all!... Kept me turning pages far past my bedtime.’ The Plain-Spoken Pen, ?????‘I devoured in a single sitting. Fun, exciting, unpredictable… Addictive… A struggle to put down.’ Bookish Jottings, ?????‘Beautiful… Perfect… Kept me guessing… Fabulous!’ Goodreads reviewer, ?????‘5 stars… such a treat!… Loved… Genuinely delightful… exceptional.’ The Sassy Bookworm, ?????‘I immediately LOVED this. Just go read this. Cozy up for a one-day read-a-thon. Why not?!’ NetGalley reviewer, ?????‘Excellent… Very twisty… Couldn’t put the book down… Wonderful… Hair-raising!’ Goodreads reviewer‘Fantastically unputdownable.’ bluewolf-reviews,?????‘A real delight… excellent!’ daisyreads2,?????‘I loved every word!’ Goodreads reviewer, ?????