Risky Undertaking (Buryin' Barry Series) - Hardcover

De Castrique, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1464203067 ISBN 13: 9781464203060

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2014

Synopsis

"The author offers insights into the political, economic, and cultural ramifications of Indian casinos, along with a large cast of believable characters with a wide emotional range." ―Publishers Weekly

When Cherokee burial remains are unearthed on the site expanding a local cemetery, the dual occupations of Barry Clayton, part-time deputy and full-time undertaker, collide. Then, during the interment of the wife of one of Gainesboro, North Carolina's most prominent citizens, Cherokee activist Jimmy Panther leads a protest. Words and fists fly.

When Panther turns up executed on the grave of the deceased woman, Barry is forced to confront her family as the chief suspects. But the case lurches in a new direction with the arrival of Sheriff Tommy Lee Wadkin's Army pal, Boston cop Kevin Malone. He's on the trail of a Boston hit man who arrived at the Cherokee reservation only days before the murder. Malone is convinced his quarry is the triggerman.

The accelerating investigation draws Barry onto the reservation where Panther's efforts to preserve Cherokee traditions threatened the development of a new casino, a casino bringing millions of dollars of construction plus huge yearly payouts to every member of the tribe. Leading an unlikely team―his childhood nemesis Archie Donovan and his elderly fellow undertaker Uncle Wayne―Barry goes undercover. But the stakes are higher than he realized in this risky undertaking. And the life of a Cherokee boy becomes the wager. Barry must play his cards very carefully...

About this title

About the Author:

Mark de Castrique grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina where his mysteries are set. Risky Undertaking is the sixth novel in his Buryin' Barry series. markdecastrique.com

Review:

The planned expansion of Heaven's Gate Gardens, a cemetery outside Gainesboro, N.C., causes conflict in de Castrique's engaging sixth mystery featuring funeral director and deputy sheriff Barry Clayton.  The author offers insights into the political, economic, and cultural ramifications of Indian casinos, along with a large cast of believable characters with a wide emotional range.
-Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1464203067
• ISBN 13: 9781464203060
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258