β Scribed by Rebecca Tope
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'The classic English village mystery is alive and well and living in Gloucestershire' Sherlock Magazine
Undertaker Drew Slocombe is not having a good day. His business is failing, the car needs an MOT (safety inspection) and hes driving 120 miles to the Cotswolds to carry out the late Greta Simmonds final wishes. Unfortunately, when he gets there, a string of bureaucratic mistakes means that hes now the chief suspect of a murder inquiry. Hes beginning to wish he had never heard of Greta Simmonds.
Thea Osborne and her loyal spaniel Hepzie are still pursuing their occupation as house-sitters, despite the disastrous incidents of the past. At the moment they are staying in Greta Simmonds house, which is currently between ownership. Thea is torn between moving back home or waiting for the execution of the will. After all, she does have outstanding payments due. Then the discovery of a body in a nearby field takes the decision out of Theas hands, and she finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation once again. Having befriended the polices only suspect, Drew Slocombe, Thea believes him to be 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 anybodys door.
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