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"[A] first-rate installment in an excellent series." --BooklistBarry Clayton has left the Charlotte police force to manage his ailing father's funeral home in the peace and quiet of the Appalachian mountains. But Buryin' Barry is an undertaker with a problem he keeps finding unwanted business. Moving a grave on a snowy mountainside should be routine. No funeral, no procession, no grieving widow to console. Routine until Barry unearths an unexpected intruder, a skeleton lying atop the show more original occupant. A bullet hole in the skull piques his ex-cop curiosity; the photograph of his girlfriend Susan Miller in the murdered man's wallet makes the case very personal. Suddenly, Barry's life is turned upside down, as Susan becomes the prime suspect.Joining forces with his pal Sheriff Tommy Lee Wadkins, Barry sets out to find the real killer. But a terrible secret had been buried in that mountain grave and one murder is only the down payment someone is willing to pay to keep it hidden. Barry is torn between discovering the solution to the crime and uncovering a part of Susan's past that could destroy their relationship. When the killer strikes again, Barry learns that even more is at stake. In a duel of deceit and misdirection, one thing becomes crystal clear. Barry's grave undertaking could very well lead to his own funeral. show lessTags
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I'm really enjoying this series about Barry Clayton, who gave up his police career in Charlotte to move back to his mountain hometown and tend the family funeral home when his Dad developed Alzheimer's disease. This installment finds him digging up an extra skeleton during an exhumation in neighboring Walker County -- a body with a bullet hole in the skull, clandestinely buried there back when the grave was freshly dug seven years ago. To further complicate matters, the dead man has a photo of Barry's girlfriend Susan in his wallet.
As Barry digs into the man's past, evidence emerges of possible wrongdoings in the Walker County justice system -- a potential scandal serious enough to for someone to kill to cover up. As the body count show more begins to climb, will Barry or Susan be the next corpse headed to the graveyard?
Barry also finds himself searching for his father who wanders off in the freezing cold; mulling an offer from a mega-funeral-home-corporation to buy the family business; and tending to the burial of teenage brothers killed in a car wreck just before Christmas.
It's all in a week's work in the life of Buryin' Barry, and it makes for great reading. show less
As Barry digs into the man's past, evidence emerges of possible wrongdoings in the Walker County justice system -- a potential scandal serious enough to for someone to kill to cover up. As the body count show more begins to climb, will Barry or Susan be the next corpse headed to the graveyard?
Barry also finds himself searching for his father who wanders off in the freezing cold; mulling an offer from a mega-funeral-home-corporation to buy the family business; and tending to the burial of teenage brothers killed in a car wreck just before Christmas.
It's all in a week's work in the life of Buryin' Barry, and it makes for great reading. show less
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