It's about a female undertaker named Violet who ended up becoming her husband's partner. Learn more about Christine at or follow her on Facebook at Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || Pinterest In addition to six novels and three short stories in the LADY OF ASHES series, Christine has also written several historical novels about women in unusual professions, including THE QUEEN'S DOLLMAKER (a dollmaker to Marie Antoinette), A ROYAL LIKENESS (an apprentice to the great waxworker, Madame Tussaud), and BY THE KING'S DESIGN (a draper to the Prince Regent). Harris, and Anna Lee Huber, and follows the travels of a cursed pocket watch through time. THE DEADLY HOURS is an anthology written with Susanna Kearsley, C.S.

On September 1, 2020, Sourcebooks will release Christine's latest entry in the LADY OF ASHES historical mystery series featuring Violet Harper, a Victorian undertaker with a passion for her macabre work. The year 2020 marks 200 years since Florence's birth. 'Winningly original.A MURDEROUS MALADY, Book 2 of the Florence Nightingale mystery series, was published on May 7, 2019, during National Nurses Week, which is always the week leading up to Florence's birthday on May 12th. 'Exuberant, sparkling, beguiling.brims with Dickensian gusto!'-Barbara Kyle, author of The Queen's Lady 'Genuinely engrossing.'- Publishers Weekly With equal parts courage, compassion, and intrigue, Christine Trent tells an unrestrained tale of love and loss in the rigidly decorous world of Victorian society. But she's certain there's a killer lurking in the London fog, and the next funeral may be her own. When Graham disappears, Violet takes full control of the business and is commissioned for an undertaking of royal proportions. And the solace she's always found in her work evaporates like a departing soul when she suspects that some of the deceased she's dressed have been murdered. Violet's peculiar but happy life soon begins to unravel as Graham becomes obsessed with his own demons and all but abandons her as he plans a vengeful scheme. She is empathetic, well-versed in funeral fashions, and comfortable with death's role in life-until its chilling rattle comes knocking on her own front door.

While her husband, Graham, is preoccupied with elevating their station in society, Violet is cultivating a sterling reputation for Morgan Undertaking. Only a woman with an iron backbone could succeed as an undertaker in Victorian England, but Violet Morgan takes great pride in her trade. A female undertaker in Victorian London suspects death by unnatural causes in a mystery 'rich with historical incidents and details' ( Publishers Weekly).

Lady of Ashes by Christine Trent