Buryin' Barry: Dangerous Undertaking (Paperback)

from TheLibraryhag

First I want to say that I read this off and on and it made it a bit hard to follow. So I had to go back a few times which is always tedious. But that was not the book's fault. The mystery is very good. I really liked Barry and the other characters in the book. I thought the depiction of North Ca...

from delphimo

The first chapter with the funeral scene remains as the best opening I have enjoyed. The story, told by Barry Clayton, unfolds in the North Carolina mountains. In this short novel, the characters dominant the pages from the circuit preacher, Lester Pace, to the reclusive liquor maker, Talmadge Wa...

from aztwinmom

Being a fan of the Sam Blackman series by Mark de Castrique, I decided to give his Buryin' Barry series a try. Barry has come home to his North Carolina mountains to take over the family funeral home for his dad who has Alzheimer's. Barry, a former policeman, is shot during a funeral and is soon ...

from Condorena

Burying Barry Clayron, who was thus nick-named in high school because his family were the local undertakers, left his job in the Charlotte, North Carolina Police Department to return home to help his father. Having been diagnosed with Alzeimer's Barry's dad could no longer keep on working. Despit...

from jamespurcell

Good start for another interesting North Carolina mystery series, move over Judge Debra. Interesting characters,and story, though the ending seemed a little contrived. Hopefully the protagonist's nickname will also fade away. Like Bulldog Drummond, its so 20th Century.