- Hardcover: 338 pages
- Publisher: Piatkus Books; 1st Edition edition (23 Nov 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749905395
- ISBN-13: 978-0749905392
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.8 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,210,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In Peaceful Repose Cemetery there's one corpse too many...After discovering the unidentified corpse of an elderly woman in his newly opened graveyard, undertaker and amateur detective Drew Slocome sets about solving the mystery with the help of the irresistible Genevieve Slater.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is by no means an orthodox crime fiction novel. It is fascinating in its originality and the characters are ordinary folk involved in developing "green" burials who find themselves with an extra body. Attention to detail is excellent without being more than is needed; characters are extremely life-like. Plot is complex but ties up neatly in the denouement. Just lovely. Highly recommended - I think Rebecca Tope is here to stay and to make her very own mark on this popular genre.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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As a HUGE fan of the 'Thea Osborne' tales, I approached this new series featuring undertaker, Drew Slocombe, with mixed feelings. Whilst the plots are every bit as good as the Cotswolds Mysteries, I can't help but feel that Ms Tope tends to go overboard on the 'green' burial element of the stories. I understand that she was once a funeral director herself and therefore has a great knowledge of all things funereal, however I do find her descriptions of the various stages of bodily decomposition a little too graphic - in modern parlance "too much information"... I usually read novels as way of relaxation, a bit of escapism, but these latest books simply leave me depressed! (Maybe I'm just becoming a bit long in the tooth and don't wish to be reminded of my own mortality...)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This novel is not about the cotswolds. Past fans of Rebecca Tope, don`t let that put you off.!!
It is a very good mystery tale which is gripping to the last sentence.
It is a very good mystery tale which is gripping to the last sentence.
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Not enough action
This book starts with a body being buried surreptitiously in a woodland burial ground, to be discovered a few weeks later. Read more
Published 8 months ago by E. Potter
grave concerns
this is a different set of stories about a modern undertaker who does woodland burials and solves crimes as well,I have three and cannot say i really enjoyed them
Ms Tope did... Read more
Ms Tope did... Read more
Published 13 months ago by dark horse
rebecca tope
Have read most of Rebecca Tope's books, mainly the Cotswold series of books, this one deviates from that a bit and introduces Drew Slocombe as an eco friendly undertaker. Read more
Published 16 months ago by annie
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