Published by House of Stratus Cast For Death Sam Irwin, actor, is found dead in the River Thames. It appears to be suicide. But why should he have taken his own life shortly before opening in a new play at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre ...
What better way to learn about life than working in a cemetery? This is exactly what happens to the main character, Martin Stevenson, in Grave Matters.
But when his girlfriend's safety is compromised, he has to make a choice between her life and the answers to his questions.Praise for Mortuary Confidential"These true mortuary tales are poignant--and suddenly, gaspingly, in-your-face funny.
While Gil Grisson, Sara Sidle, and Nick Stokes investigate the possible murder of a woman at the hands of her greedy new husband at the request of the victim's daughter, Catherine Willows and Warrick Brown probe the sudden death of Vivian ...
Grave Matters follows families who found in "green" burial a more natural, more economic, and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local funeral parlor.
One customer from Sioux City commissioned us to build him a simple, pine casket. Rope handles, no finish, no hinges, no interior. Just a bare-bones box. He told me he wanted to make a statement: the casket is simply a vessel for another ...
Jennie gathered her papers and stuffed them into her backpack, which she'd retrieved from the Keegan place on their way out that morning. Mary's linen tablecloth and diaries were still inside. Since they had to stop at the castle for ...
But, as Lauren M. Roy's thrilling sequel continues, even its supernatural staff isn’t prepared for the dead to come back to life… Elly grew up training to kill things that go bump in the night, so she’s still getting used to working ...
Their wise, witty and often bizarre last messages have now been immortalized in Grave Matters, this wonderfully entertaining collection of epitaphs taken from headstones, church records and historical accounts in the United States and the ...
"The history of the treatment of Native remains in California and the story of the complicated relationship between researcher and researched"--
Grave Matters is the history of the treatment of native remains in California and the story of the complicated relationship between researcher and researched.
Investigates the cultural differences in the way people react to death in cultures around the world.
Included in these mesmerizing tales are ghosts forever reliving their agony in the eternal city, a macabre ragman who peddles more than the usual wares, a puppeteer who can no longer pull the strings of his malevolent marionettes, and many ...
The book examines the universal subject of death? looking at the particular experience of death, burial and commemoration in Dublin since the sixteenth century.
"Cemeteries", writes Mark C. Taylor, "are where I go to commune with 'my' ghosts. The journey to the cemetery is always solitary even when I am with people who are...
The cultural customs of those using these cemeteries changing. In addition, African American cemeteries are also being lost as a result of development pressures. Sometimes the locations of the cemeteries arc not known.
Rebecca Bennett, the estranged stepdaughter of a well-to-do Las Vegas businessman, is hounding the Las Vegas Police Department to reopen the investigation into her mother Rita's death -- alleging that, despite appearances to the contrary, ...
An enjoyable book which entertains and delights. ~ Wendy Jones, The DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries"Donna Fletcher Crow's settings are impeccable, every detail accurate, so the reader can enjoy and be enthralled by the deliciously tangled tale ...