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The orphan of Cemetery Hill / Hester Fox.
"The dead won't bother you if you don't give them permission. Boston, 1844. Tabby has a peculiar gift: she can communicate with the recently departed. It makes her special, but it also makes her dangerous. As an orphaned child, she fled with her sister, Alice, from their charlatan aunt Bellefonte, who wanted only to exploit Tabby's gift so she could profit from the recent craze for seances. Now a young woman and tragically separated from Alice, Tabby works with her adopted father, Eli, the kind caretaker of a large Boston cemetery. When a series of macabre grave robberies begins to plague the city, Tabby is ensnared in a deadly plot by the perpetrators, known only as the 'Resurrection Men.' In the end, Tabby's gift will either save both her and the cemetery--or bring about her own destruction"--FantasticFiction.com.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781525804571 (paperback)
- ISBN: 152580457X
- Physical Description: 337 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Graydon House, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Dead > Communication > Fiction. Sisters > Fiction. Orphans > Fiction. Grave robbing > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Horror fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Branch | FOX H (Text) | 33126024965836 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A mid-19th-century orphan with a dangerous ability to communicate with the recently dead flees an exploitative relative to work beside a fatherly cemetery caretaker in the wake of a series of macabre grave robberies. - Baker & Taylor
A mid-19th-century orphan with a dangerous ability to communicate with the recently dead flees an exploitative relative to work beside a fatherly cemetery caretaker in the wake of a series of macabre grave robberies. Original. 100,000 first printing. - Harlequin
The dead wonât bother you if you donât give them permission.
Boston, 1844.
Tabby has a peculiar gift: she can communicate with the recently departed. It makes her special, but it also makes her dangerous.
As an orphaned child, she fled with her sister, Alice, from their charlatan aunt Bellefonte, who wanted only to exploit Tabbyâs gift so she could profit from the recent craze for seances.
Now a young woman and tragically separated from Alice, Tabby works with her adopted father, Eli, the kind caretaker of a large Boston cemetery. When a series of macabre grave robberies begins to plague the city, Tabby is ensnared in a deadly plot by the perpetrators, known only as the âResurrection Men.â
In the end, Tabbyâs gift will either save both her and the cemeteryâor bring about her own destruction.
Don't miss Hester Fox's next novel, THE BOOK OF THORNS, where two sisters who never knew the other existed meet on opposite sides during the Napoleonic Wars and must use the magic of flowers to solve the mystery of their motherâs deathâwhile surviving the war raging around them...
Look for these other gothic mysteries from Hester Fox:Â- The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
- The Witch of Willow Hall
- The Widow of Pale Harbor
- A Lullaby for Witches