• The Highgate Cemetery Murder

  • A Tate and Bell Mystery, Book 1
  • By: Irina Shapiro
  • Narrated by: Imogen Church
  • Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (48 ratings)

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The Highgate Cemetery Murder

By: Irina Shapiro
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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His heart pounding, the man scribbles the words in his notebook as fast as he can: “Woman dead in Highgate. Man in caped coat. Milky way and red streaks. I’m being followed.”

Hours later, the man’s cold body lies in the city mortuary, alongside the woman he couldn’t save. And his sister, unconventional nurse Gemma Tate, tracks down troubled police inspector Sebastian Bell to unravel the truth.

Sebastian has enough pressure to solve the murder of an aristocratic heiress without Gemma meddling in his case. But the cryptic sentences she brings him from her brother’s notebook could be a crucial lead. If only they knew what “milky way” meant. But as the trail of clues takes them away from the gilded drawing rooms of the nobility and into the dangerous slums of London, how far will their partnership be tested on the quest for justice, and will they both emerge unscathed?

©2024 Irina Shapiro (P)2024 Storm Publishing

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A tale of bullying and jealousy

Irina Shapiro is one of my favorite authors. Her stories are intense and do not hold back difficult details. This story may have seemed too gory and graphic to some however I have no doubt that the events in this story certainly occurred during the time period of the 1800s. I do hope she writes a sequel as Gemma is a strong female character. Imogene Church is a fantastic narrator.

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Great start to a new series!

I love everything Irina Shapiro has written! She comes up with amazingly twisted stories! I’m happy for a new series but hope to see more of Redmond and Haze and Nicole Rayburn.

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Excellent story!

Another great story with excellent character development, and I really enjoyed the reference to Constable Ransom from the Haze and Redmond mystery series.

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WOW! This is a great start to a wonderful series.

It starts a bit slow but boy does it pick up speed. The narration is superb and makes the story flow even better. I can’t wait for the next one. THANKS IRINA SHAPIRO!

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Graphic and voilent

it surprised me how violent and graphic it was. I cannot finish it. I will be requesting a refund.

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Character development

Excessive disturbing violence throughout plot - Ms Shapiro is too skilled a writer to use this method in her work.

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This book deserves a better narrator!

Irina Shapiro is a very good author and her new book series deserves a much better narrator.

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Horrific plot line

This story is unnecessarily disturbing. Save yourself from listening to how the plot unfolds. I wish I could unhear it.

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