Jake Fitzpatrick's life is a mess. He's middle aged, divorced, friendless and working in a job he doesn't like. Even his own mother doesn't like him very much. It can't get any worse; or can it?
When his Uncle Henry passes away and leaves him a large piece of land, it's a total surprise to Jake. But the land comes with a catch; he has also inherited his late uncle's job as an undertaker, burying bodies on the land he just inherited.
Although the pay for his new job is substantial, Jake suddenly finds himself in a shadowy Kafkaesque world. He doesn't know who he's working for, where the bodies are coming from, or why these people are dying. Just as he's adjusting to his new found wealth and the horrors of his new job, he discovers that one of the bodies isn't technically a body at all; the woman he's supposed to bury isn't dead. While he's agreed to take on the role of undertaker, Jake's not a murderer, and he finds himself on the run as he tries to stay one step ahead of the people he's been working for as well as trying to stay alive.
THE UNDERTAKER'S HILL is an intriguing and fascinating debut novel.
Author Bio: THE UNDERTAKER'S HILL is Michael R. McGuire's first mystery novel and is available at Amazon.com as well as Lulu.com. He has been an active playwright for twenty years and his plays have been produced throughout Connecticut, New York and the rest of the country. He is a 2005 CT Artist Fellowship recipient for his play THE NEW GIRL, and his play for young actors, PERSEPHONE RULES! is published by Brooklyn Publishers. Mr. McGuire's current production THE DRAFTS: WHEN HALF THE SPHERE IS VISIBLE, a four playwright collaboration by Horse Trade Theater at The Red Room in New York City is running through May 26, 2012. Don't be surprised to find Michael as part of the waitstaff at a local Stonington Borough restaurant....he's the one who bears an uncanny resemblance to a young Stephen King.
Pub. Date: February 2012
199 pages
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