The Orphan of Cemetery Hill

By: Hester Fox

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

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.

Don't miss A MAGIC DEEP & DROWNING, Hester Fox's lush, enchanting reimagining of The Little Mermaid, where a young woman in 1650 Friesland must face a deadly choice between love, duty, and a mythic legacy...

Look for these other gothic mysteries from Hester Fox:

• The Book of Thorns
• The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
• The Witch of Willow Hall
• The Widow of Pale Harbor
• A Lullaby for Witches

Not very good

Not very captivating. At times it felt like parts were skipped in the story. Not very well written

Nice interwoven story

I enjoyed mystery of the story and the conclusion very nicely done Would love to learn more of Alice’s gift, perhaps another novel.

Favorite Hester Fox book to date

Just finished my 4th listen and it was just as good as the first time. A must read for historical horror!

Romance and adventure, but something missing

It was an entertaining read, and kept my interest up, but the sample was much more promising. The boy in the tree could have become a more important topic. But overall, it feels as if the abilities of the protagonist and other interesting topics were left mostly unexplored, and were used as plot devices for adventure.

Great listen

Liked the book and the narrator did a great job. I love how everything toed together in the end