Wednesday, February 18, 2015

A Grave in the Cotswolds

Drew Slocombe has just buried a woman in a field according to her wishes.  The following day he is accosted by a member of the local council saying that he had no right to do the burial there.  When later in the day, the councillor is found dead, Slocombe becomes a prime suspect.

Slocombe is shocked to learn that the aforementioned woman had left him her house, on the condition that he live in it and turn the property she was buried in, into a natural graveyard.  It is enough for the police to charge him with the murder of the councillor.  On top of that, the wife of the victim is talking about him back in the community where the murder occurred.

Thea Osbourne, who was house sitting for woman, becomes entangled in the story and through her connections with the police helps to untangle this murder mystery.  Author Rebecca Tope has provided the reader with a quick read, and a surprising murderer that isn't revealed until almost the last page.

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