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Dark undertakings / Rebecca Tope.

by Tope, Rebecca.

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St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001, c1999.

Undertakers and undertaking -- Fiction.

Sussex (England) -- Fiction.

Tope, Rebecca. Drew Slocombe mysteries ; 1.

9780749040185 (2012 Allison & Busby pbk.) (LRP)

1st St. Martin's Minotaur ed.

293 p. ; 22 cm.

"A Drew Slocombe mystery".

"An intriguing tale of a corpse, a crime, and a cremation!"--Jacket.

"First published in Great Britain by Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Ltd."--T.p. verso.

"Thomas Dunne books".

Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. A lifelong devotee of vitamin pills and herbal remedies, it seems almost ironic that he has succumbed to a heart attack, but his doctor is convinced that this is the case. Trainee undertaker Drew Slocombe isn't so sure. As an ex-nurse, Drew is convinced that there is enough conflicting medical evidence to merit a coroner's inquest at least. And then there's Jim's personal life: In addition to a long-suffering wife, two sons, and a grieving terrier, Jim appears to have left behind a series of scorned mistresses. Everyone else seems happy to accept the doctor's verdict, and Drew knows he shouldn't rock the boat. But can he really turn his back on murder? With plenty of suspects, zero proof, and Jim's cremation just days away, Drew sure has his work cut out for him.

Mystery fiction.

Amateur sleuth mystery.

Cozy mysteries.

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