The Cemetery Yew — Cynthia Riggs

West Tisbury's police chief knew what she was doing when she officially made ninety-two-year-old Martha's Vineyard native Victoria Trumbull her deputy. Though a little slow on her feet, Victoria eyes--and mind--are still sharp, which is why she is the first to notice something amiss in the local cemetery.


A request to disinter a coffin has led to the hearse driver's disappearance and a string of suspicious deaths and obvious murders. When, as a last resort, the coffin is dug up and opened, it does not contain the expected body. Then the casket itself disappears, and only the unflappable Victoria has the presence of mind to dig up clues mired in the past and present...