Fatal Undertaking
Published on 31. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
366 pages
978-1-59058-802-4 (ISBN)
Description
"You want to borrow a casket?" Funeral director and part-time sheriff Barry Clayton finds the request absurd until he learns the casket will be the centerpiece of the Jaycees haunted house, a charity benefitting the children's hospital.
But when the president of the Jaycees is mur-dered in the casket on Halloween, the national press descends to cover the bizarre crime. Barry is assigned to be the lead investigator of the case. Then someone fires a shot at Archie Donovan, and Barry wonders whether the victim in the casket was even the intended target.
Barry's police and personal lives collide when his ex-wife Rachel comes to town, hoping to use the story to launch her TV career. Soon her prying creates a backlash that leaves another body in its wake. Unmasking the killer may be a fatal undertaking....
Mark de Castrique's mysteries are set in the mountains of North Carolina where he lives with his wife Linda.
www.markdecastrique.com
But when the president of the Jaycees is mur-dered in the casket on Halloween, the national press descends to cover the bizarre crime. Barry is assigned to be the lead investigator of the case. Then someone fires a shot at Archie Donovan, and Barry wonders whether the victim in the casket was even the intended target.
Barry's police and personal lives collide when his ex-wife Rachel comes to town, hoping to use the story to launch her TV career. Soon her prying creates a backlash that leaves another body in its wake. Unmasking the killer may be a fatal undertaking....
Mark de Castrique's mysteries are set in the mountains of North Carolina where he lives with his wife Linda.
www.markdecastrique.com
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Series
Edition
Large type / large print edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Scottsdale
United States
Edition type
Large type / large print edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59058-802-4 (9781590588024)
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Person
Mark de Castrique grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina where many of his novels are set. He's a veteran of the television and film production industry, has served as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte teaching The American Mystery, and he's a frequent speaker and workshop leader. He and his wife, Linda, live in Charlotte, North Carolina. www.markdecastrique.com