The Resurrection Mystery

The Detective Lavender Mysteries, Book 7

By: Karen Charlton

Narrated by: Michael Page

A corpse rises from the dead in the morgue at Guy's Hospital, and his missing pantaloons appear to be cursed as they roam the city, causing consternation and death wherever they go. What possible connection can this have to a gang of female jewel thieves and a pot of raspberry jam?

There's a new man in charge at Bow Street Magistrates' Court and all is not well. His ambition is to split up Lavender and Woods—and to add to Lavender's woes, someone is leaking exaggerated stories about his investigations to The Times.

Lavender is tasked with solving the theft of an aristocrat's precious jewels, while Woods is instructed to track down a libeler. But after a series of vicious murders and surprising coincidences, they discover that these apparently unconnected crimes have more in common than they could ever have imagined. They disobey orders and work together to track down the killers.

Faced with some of the most bizarre mysteries of their career, Lavender and Woods need all their cunning and guile to expose the devious secrecy of their suspects, solve these deadly crimes—and prove to Magistrate Conant that as a team, they are so much greater than the sum of its parts.

©2024 Karen Charlton (P)2024 Tantor

The intertwining of the plot

I enjoy the narrator. He makes the characters come alive. The book was very enjoyable.

Fun sprawling mystery and fun with great characters!

I grabbed the first Detective Lavender mystery a year ago on Kindle Unlimited, and by the end of the summer I’d read all six books and the several novellas - they were cozy mysteries with an intriguing cast of characters and breezy but detailed writing that truly made you feel transported to 1810 London.

So I was thrilled to grab the latest entry to the series - and here we see Lavender & Woods facing a new set of mysteries and a magistrate not as open to their methods or partnership as Magistrate Reed.

Throughout the story we see Lavender and Woods employing their skills to get to the core of this sprawling set of mysteries, and the twists and turns will keep you guessing through to the very end!

Love these characters and statues - and feel like this might be the best one yet!

Worth the wait!

Fast paced and fun to listen to. Enjoyed Lavender and Wood interweaving their cases.

I have missed our heroes!

Excellent story. Lots of twists. Interesting historical period, and Charlton is the best at placing her characters in historical context.

Michael Page is a terrific narrator, as usual.

I did miss the Author’s note at the back (audio publisher didn’t include it), because it’s where Charlton explains the specific historical incidents and people she used and where she took some artistic license. Fortunately, I had the Kindle edition as well, so I was able to read it.

Exceptionally good

This is an outstanding historical series. Besides having a very clever mystery to solve, fans of the series will love how the cast of characters evolve in this story, and really, after reading so many other series with dysfunctional people, our heros and family are normal, and we get a very happy conclusion. I do hope there is another book in the series but if not Thank You Karen Charlton.

Karen! Special Congrats!

I'm an old fan in more ways than one - 72 years young. I've enjoyed reading all of the Inspector Lavender mysteries. This one is one of the best mysteries I've read by anyone. Thanks for all the hard work and time you've put in for your readers' enjoyment! Blessings! You know that we anxiously await the next installment!

Great book loved the story

I have listened to this entire series. It is a great story. The narrator done a fantastic job. I am looking forward to the next book coming to audible.

Too convoluted for me...

I love the Lavender series, but this was the least satisfying of all the stories. It was all over the place and had too many characters to keep track of. Also, the main theme of the story was a pair of pants...so silly. The narration was excellent, as always. You can skip this one.