It’s 1884 and Emma is now living in Echuca, the main river port in Victoria with her son Darcy while Daniel works the Murray on the PS Mary B. She is thankful to have Janey and Abe for help and company, but she’s not sure what to do with herself.
But where Emma is concerned. Murder is never far away. She soon has more than enough to fill her time as fellow residents prove interested in her herbal remedies, and there’s the Ladies Benevolent Society, providing they don’t object to a member sullying her hands with suspicious deaths on occasion. Sergeant Donovan may one day even approve of her.
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Book #1 – Death in Disguise – Emma Berry does not believe what she sees. When her friend and neighbour calls for her help to investigate the death of her elderly father-in-law, Emma is immediately suspicious of the scene in the parlour of the Pickles boarding house. Emma is frustrated that the coroner and the police sergeant are quick to dismiss her suggestions and suspicions out of hand. But she’s only a woman as far as they’re concerned. so how can she convince Sergeant Donovan that he has the wrong person in his cell because if she can’t, her friend’s daughter is set for a trip to the Melbourne Gaol and she won’t be coming back.