Title: Grim, Gripping Grave-robber Yarn
Review: Sherri Holman has done a wonderful job of historical reconstruction in this novel. She recaptures the world of the town of Sunderland in 1831 with great skill. One of her most fascinating creations is a old woman known as the Eye who never speaks just shadows the dress lodger of the title. I suspect some readers might have been helped by having some material on the Burke and Hare murders of 1829 which preceded the events of this tale and formed a necessary background. However Ms. Holman's narrative grip is so sure that the reader quickly forgives and forgets this minor inconvenience, having some sense that whatever Messrs. Burke and Hare were up to, it was nasty!
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