Psychic mystery

Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker is not just a talented mortician, but a medium for the spirit world and often enjoys the company of her clients before they move on to the next world. When her brothers, Julius and Ambrose, bring the deceased Mrs Henriette Tochborn to her workroom, Mrs Tochborn appears in spirit form and asks Phoebe to help her. The deceased lady now knows what became of her child kidnapped 20 years prior and which of the two men claiming to be that child is telling the truth. Working with Detective Harland Stone and journalist, Miss Lilly Lewis, a case that has been cold for 20 years is suddenly warming up. For the Astin family, being dead is no excuse for letting crime go unpunished!

Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker has applied her mortician skills to many faces, but a beautiful young debutante, Miss Daisy Dorchester, needed little work, or so Phoebe thought. When the debutante’s spirit appears to her, insisting she was murdered and demanding Phoebe do something about it, Phoebe agrees. She has, after all, helped many of her ghostly clients before they move on to the next world.
It soon comes to light that Daisy's death is connected to the priest from St Patrick's Parish and a young gentleman suitor with an engagement ring in his pocket; Daisy had boasted to the debutantes of a secret love.
Phoebe finds time is running out as the debutante will soon be laid to rest, but her brothers Julius and Ambrose, Detective Harland Stone, journalist friend Miss Lilly Lewis, and her dear friend Kate who took a portrait of the debutante the day before her death, are on the case.
Unfortunately, Daisy appears to have more enemies than friends and is fast making Phoebe one with her demands, requiring Julius to step in and reveal a side of himself he had to date kept hidden.
But justice must be served, and for the Astin family, being dead is no excuse for letting crime go unpunished!

Mortician Phoebe Astin and her brothers, Julius and Ambrose, of The Economic Undertaker loved the chilly winter weather; it was much more befitting to wearing dark suits and burying the dearly departed. However, not all that were buried remained that way, notably two young ladies who appear in spirit form to Phoebe, claiming to have died from heartbreak after being left at the altar, their fortunes stolen. Determined to help them get justice, Phoebe provided a tip to her beau, Detective Stone, to catch the cad. But suddenly, the weather was not all that was proving to be chilly when, for the first time, Detective Stone dismissed Phoebe’s clue; Julius was ambivalent to her hurt; and an angry Ambrose was most out of sorts. Regardless, there was a rogue to be stopped, and being dead was no excuse for not seeking justice.

Amidst the festivities at the Christmas market, a killer is slaying "fallen angels".

It’s the most wonderful time of the year until fear overtakes festivities a week before Christmas. Mortician Phoebe Astin is visited by several young women who met their deaths after a visit to the Christmas market, and witnesses claim to have seen a woman leading them away. The last words the victims hear are the killer’s chilling nickname – "Fallen Angel."

As the town’s joyous mood turns to apprehension, Phoebe along with sharp-eyed Detectives Harland Stone and Gilbert Payne, and daring reporter Lilly Lewis, are desperate to unmask the ruthless killer before another lady is claimed.

It's a busy time for Phoebe and her brothers, Julius and Ambrose, at The Economic Undertakers amid twinkling lights, a proposal, and a baby's arrival. But can Phoebe help unravel the sinister truth before death casts a pall over the holiday cheer?

Ideal for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Cara Devlin, Irina Shapiro, and Wendy Vella.