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Book SynopsisA Gravedigger's Churchyard Tales is the third and final installment in Ian's Grave-tales series. From comical graveyard antics to a close encounter with death, this book tells stories from Ian's 41-year career as a gravedigger, including the intriguing exhumation of three Polish airmen, the preparation of his father's grave, and the three-decade-long mystery of a missing antique.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Lincoln Edge 1 Chapter 2 Three Polish Airmen 5 Chapter 3 Our Ever-Changing World 9 Chapter 4 Bleak House Murder 14 Chapter 5 Back-Breaking Day 17 Chapter 6 Farewell Newark Cemetery 20 Chapter 7 You’ve Dug It Wrong 24 Chapter 8 Stone on the Hill 26 Chapter 9 Always Expect the Unexpected 28 Chapter 10 One Grumpy Vicar 31 Chapter 11 I Won’t Get Fooled Again 34 Chapter 12 All Saints Churchyard, Eagle 37 Chapter 13 Plot 15H 40 Chapter 14 Is Everything Alright? 44 Chapter 15 Stuck in the Mud 48 Chapter 16 My Close Encounter with Death 51 Chapter 17 Grafting in a Downpour 55 Chapter 18 Beware the Rare Tall Thrift Plant 58 Chapter 19 The Old Rectory Courtyard 61 Chapter 20 When Death Comes to Call 63 Chapter 21 One of Those Days 66 Chapter 22 An Open-Cast Mine 68 Chapter 23 Never Be Complacent 71 Chapter 24 Eight Days a Week 73 Chapter 25 Hill Top Cemetery, Gonerby 76 Chapter 26 You Got Deeper than the Last Gravedigger 79 Chapter 27 Whoops, I Pegged Out the Wrong Grave 82 Chapter 28 Graveside Catastrophe 84 Chapter 29 Newark Castle Ghost Hunt 87 Chapter 30 Postponed Until Further Notice 90 Chapter 31 Thank You, Mr Jackson 92 Chapter 32 It’s Time to Share the Workload 95 Chapter 33 Don’t Go to Syerston 98 Chapter 34 Who Put That There? 100 Chapter 35 The Covid Pandemic 103 Chapter 36 Graveyard Antics 105 Chapter 37 A 34-Year Secret 113
