The Undertaker's Daughter

Dr. James Everly knows that his sister's death was not an accident. The trouble is, a fine young lady's reputation means more than her life- especially when it's already too late to save her. Mrs. Everly, a distinguished pillar of London society, must content herself with safeguarding the family's good name and ensuring that James' prospects aren't ruined by scandal. If the family's future would suffer for the late Lavinia Every's mistakes, justice must go unserved. Charlotte Harkness knows that her reputation already teeters on the brink of impropriety. The headstrong daughter of one of London's most respected undertakers doesn't attract many suitors. If others learned that the dead whisper their secrets to her, she'd be utterly unmarriageable. But if she doesn't appease Lavinia's ghost soon, she'll be driven mad and driven from her home, forever losing the chance to take part in the family business she's come to cherish. James and Charlotte are well aware that the dictates of society would keep them apart-but courting makes the best disguise when the pair wish to pool their talents in a hunt for a clever killer. If they're too late, Lavinia won't be the only victim "Jack" claims. The Undertaker's Daughter: Doubly Detected is the second novel in a serialized Victorian-era mystery and romance by M. Culler.