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This mystery series introduces us to a mix of characters who find themselves embroiled in murder and other sinister secrets around the Devonshire countryside.
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A Dirty Death
Rebecca Tope
A West Country Mystery
It had already been a spring laden with mortality. News reports were full of terrorist bombings, earthquakes and floods, and a whole herd of prime beef animals had been wasted on the altar of BSE-phobia. So it was with a strange momentary lack of surpris...
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Dark Undertakings
Rebecca Tope
A West Country Mystery
Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. A life-long devotee of vitamin pills and herbal remedies, it seems almost ironic that he has succumbed to a heart attack. But his GP is convinced that this is the case.
Trainee undertaker D...
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Death of a Friend
Rebecca Tope
A West Country Mystery
Nina Cattermole had an unusual death: head-butted by a horse as she protested against the local hunt. The official verdict is that it was a freak accident. But for the Cattermoles it is merely the start of their troubles. On the day of the funeral ...
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Grave Concerns
Rebecca Tope
A West Country Mystery
With Peaceful Repose Cemetery, Drew Slocombe is determined to revolutionise the entire death industry and make cheap, ecologically sound burials a popular choice. Unfortunately, Drew’s gravedigger has just discovered that their cemetery has one too many corpse...
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A Death to Record
Rebecca Tope
A West Country Mystery
When the body of herdsman Sean O’Farrell was discovered in one of the farm buildings, Detective Sergeant Den Cooper is more than happy to cast one of the local farmers, Gordon Hillcock, in the role of chief suspect. After all, it is a well-known fact tha...
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The Sting of Death
Rebecca Tope
A West Country Mystery
It’s with mixed motives that Karen Slocombe’s cousin Penn pays her a visit one summer Sunday. Not only does Penn want to renew contact with a relative not seen since childhood, but she is also looking for help with the disappearance of Justine, another c...
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A Market for Murder
Rebecca Tope
A West Country Mystery
Karen Slocombe isn’t sure why she visited the supermarket that day – as a committed member of the Food Chain Group and a regular stall holder at local farmers’ markets, SuperFare is a place she would normally avoid. Lu...
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