Resurrectionist

London, 1871

Nothing is more tragic for any family, rich or poor, than the death of a child. That loss is made worse for the Dunwood family when their young boy's body vanishes from its resting place. Lord Dunwood turns to young thief-taker Coventry Adams and Detective Finbar Farrell to recover the missing corpse.

Death is no protection from crime in Victorian London. Resurrectionists prey on the recently deceased, disinterring bodies and selling them to desperate doctors for anatomy studies....