Dr Spilsbury and the Cursed Bride
A young woman is discovered dead at a Yorkshire country house on her wedding day. Has she fallen victim to the deadly Withington curse, the vengeful spirit of a spurned servant girl who strikes down any woman who marries into the family? Naturally, Forensic Pathologist Dr Bernard Spilsbury doesn’t believe in such superstitions, and sets out to find a more earthly reason for Theodora Tupper’s death. But as he and his trusty assistant Violet investigate, they soon discover that there are indeed ghosts at Withington Hall. And they, too, have a story to tell…
When a woman’s body is dragged from the Regent’s Canal on a freezing January night in 1920, eminent forensic pathologist and criminal sleuth Dr Bernard Spilsbury immediately detects foul play. And when a second woman washes up dead under suspiciously similar circumstances, police realise they are looking for a dangerous predator. Is someone luring lonely spinsters to their deaths through a newspaper Lonely Hearts column? And can they be stopped before they strike again?