- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Piatkus Books (28 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749905050
- ISBN-13: 978-0749905057
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,352,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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. But trainee undertaker Drew Slocombe is not so sure.
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My second novel, this introduces Drew Slocombe, undertaker.
'Dark Undertakings' arose directly from my own experience of working at an undertaker's in Sussex, England. During my seven years there, I saw many instances of potential foul play, where the regulations, although strictly adhered to, were no guarantee at all that the death was natural. The novel is therefore a 'What if...' exercise. Suppose a body was found in his own bed, with no signs of violence...an obvious case of heart failure. Obviously....
'Dark Undertakings' arose directly from my own experience of working at an undertaker's in Sussex, England. During my seven years there, I saw many instances of potential foul play, where the regulations, although strictly adhered to, were no guarantee at all that the death was natural. The novel is therefore a 'What if...' exercise. Suppose a body was found in his own bed, with no signs of violence...an obvious case of heart failure. Obviously....
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a tale of mysterious murder and the sleuth is a newly appointed undertaker. Usual amamteur sleuth type novel, but well presented characters and a good light read.
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Clever plotting
5 Jun 2001
Format:Hardcover
Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford was in perfect health. He had not seen a doctor since 1986 until he went last week to see Dr. Lloyd for a bum knee. Now Jim is dead with Dr. Lloyd insisting, without any examination, Jim died from a heart attack
Only an undertake trainee for a month, Drew Slocombe feels something is wrong with the way Dr. Lloyd handles the death, especially someone as healthy as Jim apparently was. Drew begins to wonder if a homicide has occurred. Drew is unable to ignore his hunch because he carries guilt from what happened to a child at his previous job at a hospital. He investigates his feeling that a clever individual killed Jim even knowing it could cost him his latest position.
Once readers accept Drew's need to investigate against the policy of his employer and the expert opinion of a doctor, fans will find the story line quite an exciting amateur sleuth tale. Drew is a wonderful caring person and his spouse Karen is an ideal individual to help the audience understand the hero. The plot is clever as Rebecca Tope keeps the embalming fluid to a minimum and the suspense to a maximum in what is a unique undertaking.
Harriet Klausner
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