David Field's Interviewing the Dead had some interesting possibilities in terms of interactions among the central characters: a young Wesleyan minister and an anatomist/physician. The two meet one another because they are both engaging in "do good" work, and when it's reported that ancient plague victims being disinterred during the building of an underground station are stalking and killing Londoners, they find themselves working together to unearth what's really going on. This provides an opportunity for all kinds of wonderful tensions between rationalism and faith, and the author tries to explore these, but never gets very far.

The central mystery is not that complex—and is solved by happenstance as much as by deliberate investigation. So again, there's potential there, but the author doesn't take full advantage of it.

This title is billed as #1 in a series, so perhaps the characters and plotting will get more interesting in the future, but I found this book to be a disappointment.

I received a free electronic review copy of this book from the publisher via NatGalley. The opinions are my own.