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    Burying the Past

    By Judith Cutler

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    In this mystery, British Detective Fran Harman’s professional and private lives collide when a skeleton is unearthed in her garden.
     
    Det. Chief Inspector Fran Harman and her fiancé, Asst. Chief Constable Mark Turner, have their hands full preparing for their wedding and renovating the rectory that will be their new home. But all their plans for wedded bliss are put on hold with the discovery of a skeleton buried in the vegetable patch.
     
    As investigations into the identity of the deceased progress, Fran and Mark realize that they have more to contend with than a dead body. It seems that Mark’s two grown-up children are less than thrilled for their father’s forthcoming nuptials. In fact, at least one of them seems to be behaving very strangely indeed . . .
     
    With so many obstacles in their way, Fran and Mark will have to draw on all their crime solving skills if they ever want to make it down the aisle.
     
    “Cutler’s fourth Harman entry will please readers who prefer their malice domestic.” —Kirkus Reviews
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateDec 1, 2012
    ISBN9781780103204
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    Judith Cutler

    A former secretary of the Crime Writers' Association, Judith Cutler has taught Creative Writing at universities and colleges for over thirty years and has run occasional courses elsewhere (from a maximum-security prison to an idyllic Greek island). She is the author of more than forty novels.

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    • 5/5
      I have been a fan of Judith Cutler's Fran Harman series since the very first book. Fran is such a wonderful blend of intelligence, determination, empathy, and risk taking that I just can't read enough books about her. In all the fiction that I have read, this character is my favorite boss, and there's been a time or two when I wished that she were real so we could be best friends. As you can see, Fran has had quite an effect on me after four books!There are crimes to solve in Burying the Past, and speaking of that title, there are plenty of characters-- including the house itself-- who have either buried their pasts or are trying to. There are even characters here who have appeared in other novels by Cutler-- like Caffy Tyler from Scar Tissue and Lina Townend who has her own series. You can read this book perfectly well without even knowing that these characters have lives of their own in other mysteries. They carry out their tasks here in fine style and add a bit of zest for Cutler's fans.In the midst of people trying to take over the plans for Fran's wedding and Fran trying to keep all the various investigations straight, the reader soon realizes that this book has less to do with crime solving and more to do with tying up many of the loose ends of Fran's and Mark's lives so they can make a happy start to their new one together. This may irritate some, but as invested as I am in these characters, I really didn't mind a bit-- especially since so many of the investigations actually do tie in with these two retirement-age people who love each other so deeply.Burying the Past definitely puts an enjoyable Paid In Full to some questions that have lingered for a book or two. What I like in particular is that Cutler does it in such a way that someone who's never read a Fran Harman mystery before can pick this one up and begin reading without feeling lost. When I'd savored the last page and closed the book, I was left with two things: a big smile, and a feeling of excitement. I have to find out what Fran's life has in store for her next!