A modernday homicide detective is working as an undertakers assistant in Victorian Scotland when a serial poisoner attacks the men of Edinburgh and leaves their widows under suspicionEdinburgh 1869 Modernday homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland Her employers know shes not housemaid Catriona Mitchelleven though Mallory is in Catrionas bodyand Mallory is now officially an undertakers assistant Dr Duncan Gray moonlights as a medical examiner and their latest case hits close to home Men are dropping dead from a powerful poison and all signs point to the grieving widowsthe latest of which is Grays oldest sisterPoison is said to be a womans weapon though Mallory has to wonder if its as simple as that But she must tread carefully Every move the household makes is being watched and who knows where the investigation will lead
