Drew Slocombe has been developing his remote property for the purpose of
having natural burials on it. One of his employees, while going over
the land with a metal detector discovers a body of a woman. Because of
other recent deaths, the police don't prioritize her remains. Later, a
young woman comes to Drew and suggests to him that the body could be
that of her mother, and that her husband possibly killed her. She is
not prepared to share this information with the police. Is it just the
ramblings of a neurotic pregnant woman, or is there more to it?
Shortly afterwards a retired doctor visits Drew and tells a bizarre
story about who the woman could possibly be. He doesn't want to
approach the police with his theory of who the woman could be. However,
when he names the daughter of the woman, it turns out that the daughter
is the one who had visited Drew earlier.
When he is offered two thousand quid to search for the daughter's
mother, Drew can't resist because his family is in need of the money.
Meantime, strange happenings are occurring in the burying grounds, which
could end up putting people off wanting to be buried there. Drew wants
to ignore it, while his partner, Maggs is prepared to go to the police.
Author Rebecca Tope presents several twists and turns in the concluding chapters of this murder mystery. A good, quick read.
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