West Country Mysteries

3 primary works • 7 total works

A Death to Record

by Rebecca Tope

Published 26 July 2001

When Gordon Hilcock discovers the body of Sean O'Farrell, Detective Den Cooper is more than happy to cast the farmer in the role of chief suspect as Gordon is currently dating Den's ex-girlfriend Lilah. But Den has reckoned without Lilah's determination to protect her new lover.

Dark Undertakings

by Rebecca Tope

Published 28 October 1999

"Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. A lifelong devotee of vitamin pills and herbal remedies, it seems almost ironic that he has succumbed to a heart attack, but his doctor is convinced that this is the case. Trainee undertaker Drew Slocombe isn't so sure. As an ex-nurse, Drew is convinced that there is enough conflicting medical evidence to merit a coroner's inquest at least." -- Jacket.

Grave Concerns

by Rebecca Tope

Published 23 November 2000

In Peaceful Repose Cemetery there's one corpse too many...After discovering the unidentified corpse of an elderly woman in his newly opened graveyard, undertaker and amateur detective Drew Slocome sets about solving the mystery with the help of the irresistible Genevieve Slater.

A Market for Murder

by Rebecca Tope

Published 6 January 2003

Karen Slocombe isn't sure why she visited the supermarket that day - as a committed member of Food Chain Group and a regular stall holder at local farmers' markets, SupaFare is a place she would normally avoid. Luckily for Karen, she leaves moments before a bomb explodes, destroying the front of the store. Only a few days later, whilst manning her stall at Bradbourne Farmer's Market, Karen finds herself in the midst of another horrific crime. Peter Grafton, a fellow stallholder, is murdered in front of her - shot through the neck with a cross bow bolt. When friends from the Food Chain Group start warning Karen not to tell the police certain details, her suspicion is instantly aroused. Could the two events be linked? Are Karen's friends involved? And why is everyone suddenly talking about genetically modified crops?

A Dirty Death

by Rebecca Tope

Published 26 February 1999

When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard, at first it seems like an accident - despite the fact that he was widely disliked. Only his daughter Lilah is prepared to defend his memory. And when, slowly, Lilah begins to suspect foul play, no one is eager to help her investigate. Suspicion becomes certainty when two more deaths occur - and both of them are unmistakably murder.

The difficulty lies in discovering who, among Guy's many enemies, hated him enough to want him dead - and who went on killing to conceal the truth. There is certainly no shortage of suspects and it falls to local policeman Den Cooper to investigate the mysterious deaths.

Death of a Friend

by Rebecca Tope

Published 27 April 2000

Nina Cattermole lived an unconventional life and had an unusual death, head-butted by a horse as she protested against the local hunt. Then on the day of her funeral, another hunt saboteur is found dead in a ditch and CID officer Den Cooper finds himself drawn into the affairs of a divided village.

The Sting of Death

by Rebecca Tope

Published 9 January 2002

In Tope's latest book, the sleuths from her two mystery series - Detective Sergeant Den Cooper and undertaker/amateur detective Drew Slocombe - team up to solve a series of mysterious killings in the quiet rural area of East Devon where they both now live.