Dark Undertakings

First in the Drew Slocombe series - I've only read the later volumes previously, when he encounters Thea Osborne and is gradually subsumed into the Cotswold series. In this opening volume, Drew is at the start of his sleuthing career and has been working for a few weeks at an undertaker's where he i......more

I was somehow surprised to enjoy this. It felt slow, yet In a very gentle and slow way I became very intrigued by the characters. Unusually I didn't worry about the story not moving on quickly, but felt immersed in the simple way the story developed as if I were there. Pleasantly surprised.......more

Day 6 of the 2016 Advent Calendar. I liked the writing and the development of the characters and the small town/everybody connected theme. I'm interested to try other books by this author.......more

Time taken to read - 1 day Pages - 510 Publisher - Allison & Busby Source - Bought Blurb from Goodreads Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. A life-long devotee of vitamin pills and herbal remedies, it seems almost ironic that he has succumbed to a heart attack.......more

Interesting mystery, set in England. Great opening line. Drew, the newest staff member for the local funeral home, believes a supposedly natural death was murder. Part of the tension for readers is watching the new widow finding and disposing of evidence... how will Drew ever prove it was murder? And......more