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Shadow at the Morgue
(2025)(The first book in the Spencer & Reid Mysteries series)
A novel by Cara Devlin
An acquaintance with death
Haunted by the unsolved murder of her family fifteen years ago, Leonora Spencer has always been familiar with death. And now, as an assistant to her uncle in his London morgue, she uses her photographic memory to catalogue details for his coroners reports. When a thief steals a seemingly worthless locket off a young womans corpse but leaves valuable jewels behind, Leo is determined to understand whyeven if it means going against Detective Inspector Jasper Reids express orders to keep her nose out of it.
A closely guarded past
Born and bred on the streets, Jasper Reids recent promotion to the detectives branch at Scotland Yard is a long step up from his murky past, and hes resolved to prove he earned his chance fair and square. The last thing he needs is a convoluted case concerning the well-known eccentric Leo Spencer. And to make matters worse, the criminals he once associated with as a lad may also be involved.
A murderer closing in
When the missing locket and a handful of suspicious deaths point to a mysterious buried object, Jasper grudgingly accepts Leos help to locate it. But after another break-in at the morgue, they realize someone is watching them, and the more they uncover about a deadly blackmail plot, the closer Leo and Jasper get to becoming the killers next targets.
Shadow at the Morgue is the first book in Cara Devlins new Spencer & Reid historical mystery series. Perfect for fans of PBS Masterpieces Miss Scarlet & the Duke, and readers of Irina Shapiro, Andrea Penrose, and C.S. Harris.
Genre: Mystery
Haunted by the unsolved murder of her family fifteen years ago, Leonora Spencer has always been familiar with death. And now, as an assistant to her uncle in his London morgue, she uses her photographic memory to catalogue details for his coroners reports. When a thief steals a seemingly worthless locket off a young womans corpse but leaves valuable jewels behind, Leo is determined to understand whyeven if it means going against Detective Inspector Jasper Reids express orders to keep her nose out of it.
A closely guarded past
Born and bred on the streets, Jasper Reids recent promotion to the detectives branch at Scotland Yard is a long step up from his murky past, and hes resolved to prove he earned his chance fair and square. The last thing he needs is a convoluted case concerning the well-known eccentric Leo Spencer. And to make matters worse, the criminals he once associated with as a lad may also be involved.
A murderer closing in
When the missing locket and a handful of suspicious deaths point to a mysterious buried object, Jasper grudgingly accepts Leos help to locate it. But after another break-in at the morgue, they realize someone is watching them, and the more they uncover about a deadly blackmail plot, the closer Leo and Jasper get to becoming the killers next targets.
Shadow at the Morgue is the first book in Cara Devlins new Spencer & Reid historical mystery series. Perfect for fans of PBS Masterpieces Miss Scarlet & the Duke, and readers of Irina Shapiro, Andrea Penrose, and C.S. Harris.
Genre: Mystery
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