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Of all the ways one could die on a farm, drowning in a slurry pit must take the prize for being a particularly nasty demise. At first it's assumed that unpopular farmer Guy Beardon's death was an accident, but his daughter Lilah thinks otherwise and is proved right as the murder count rises to three. With no shortage of suspects among the local populace, Lilah and her prospective boyfriend Constable Den are hard put to find the culprit. However, as in most small farming communities, there are many well-hidden secrets lurking beneath the haystacks and milking machines. Littered with illicit affairs, illegitimate children and lesbian leanings, this is a 'sex, death and manure mystery' with a sense of humour and a down-to-earth style. (Kirkus UK)
An absorbing first novel set at the Redstone, an English dairy farm, where one early morning young Lilah Beardon finds her father Guy drowned in the slurry pit. His teenaged son Roddy and farm partner Sam Carter have the unenviable job of pulling his body from the awful morass. Guys second wife Miranda, who first appears less than devastated, doesn?t seem to warm to her grief until she receives a letter from Guys first wife Barbara, claiming a share of Guys estate for their grown sons Leo and Terry. Meanwhile, theres a second death in the area when bachelor brothers Isaac and Amos Grimsdale, from whom Guy bought his farmland, are attacked in their home, leaving Isaac dead and sending the gravely wounded Amos to the hospital. The police, headed by Lilahs old high school friend Denis Cooper, now have reason to question Guys apparently accidental drowning, their suspicions fortified by yet another killing and by the behavior of local eccentric Phoebe Winnicombe and her not-quite-all-there daughter Elvira, Amoss unacknowledged offspring.The surprising if not entirely credible solution, when it comes, is a weak spot in a deftly written, thoroughly entertaining story that will have discerning readers eagerly hoping for a sequel. (Kirkus Reviews)
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When the unpopular Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard, no one, even the vicar who officiates at his funeral, is prepared to mourn him - except his daughter, Lilah. She and her young policeman boyfriend suspect foul play but no one is eager to help the investigation.
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Of all the ways one could die on a farm, drowning in a slurry pit must take the prize for being a particularly nasty demise. At first it's assumed that unpopular farmer Guy Beardon's death was an accident, but his daughter Lilah thinks otherwise and is proved right as the murder count rises to three. With no shortage of suspects among the local populace, Lilah and her prospective boyfriend Constable Den are hard put to find the culprit. However, as in most small farming communities, there are many well-hidden secrets lurking beneath the haystacks and milking machines. Littered with illicit affairs, illegitimate children and lesbian leanings, this is a 'sex, death and manure mystery' with a sense of humour and a down-to-earth style. (Kirkus UK)
An absorbing first novel set at the Redstone, an English dairy farm, where one early morning young Lilah Beardon finds her father Guy drowned in the slurry pit. His teenaged son Roddy and farm partner Sam Carter have the unenviable job of pulling his body from the awful morass. Guys second wife Miranda, who first appears less than devastated, doesn?t seem to warm to her grief until she receives a letter from Guys first wife Barbara, claiming a share of Guys estate for their grown sons Leo and Terry. Meanwhile, theres a second death in the area when bachelor brothers Isaac and Amos Grimsdale, from whom Guy bought his farmland, are attacked in their home, leaving Isaac dead and sending the gravely wounded Amos to the hospital. The police, headed by Lilahs old high school friend Denis Cooper, now have reason to question Guys apparently accidental drowning, their suspicions fortified by yet another killing and by the behavior of local eccentric Phoebe Winnicombe and her not-quite-all-there daughter Elvira, Amoss unacknowledged offspring.The surprising if not entirely credible solution, when it comes, is a weak spot in a deftly written, thoroughly entertaining story that will have discerning readers eagerly hoping for a sequel. (Kirkus Reviews)
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When the unpopular Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard, no one, even the vicar who officiates at his funeral, is prepared to mourn him - except his daughter, Lilah. She and her young policeman boyfriend suspect foul play but no one is eager to help the investigation.
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