by Lynn Shepherd
The name of the book is the name given to a graveyard where people can have their loved ones buried cheaply, or in the case of those dead who have no family or friends, chucked in one on top of the other. One of the first scenes in the book takes place here, but it is bodies of babies that are unearthed. The place is London 1850, and here begins a brilliantly written murder mystery, led by ex-detective Charles Maddox. He is led into a world of bribery, corruption, prostitution and murder. Will he himself come out of this unscathed? The murders are gruesome but the storytelling gripping.
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