Book description
Undertaker Drew Slocombe is not having a good day. His business is
failing, the car needs an MOT and he's driving 120 miles to the
Cotswolds to carry out the late Greta Simmonds' final wishes.
Unfortunately, when he gets there, a string of mistakes leaves him
the chief suspect of a murder inquiry. He's beginning to wish he had
never heard of Greta Simmonds.
Thea Osborne is still pursuing her occupation as house-sitter,
despite the disastrous incidents of the past. While staying in Greta
Simmonds' house, currently between ownership, she is torn between
moving back home or waiting for the execution of the will. Then the
discovery of a body in a nearby field takes the decision out of
Thea's hands, and she finds herself embroiled in a murder
investigation once again. But Thea believes Drew Slocombe is
innocent. As Thea and Drew work together to clear his name, it
slowly dawns on them that in a village simmering with secrets, a
means and a motive could be laid at anybody's door.
Rebecca Tope lives on a smallholding in Herefordshire, with a full
complement of livestock, but manages to travel the world and enjoy
civilisation from time to time as well. Most of her varied experiences
and activities find their way into her books, sooner or later. Her own
cocker spaniel, Beulah, is the model for Hepzibah, but is
unfortunately ageing much more rapidly.
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