Double Plot

A Bill Hawley Undertaking #2

by Leo Axler

Reluctantly taking the case of a man whose fatal crash seemed accidental enough, undertaker and amateur sleuth Bill Hawley attempts to find the source behind what seems to be a faked suicide tape and the victim's strange life.

Genres: Mystery

240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1994

About the author

Pen name of Gene Lazuta.

Reviews

[Kate Fitzgerald · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cheesy. And the plot was so unnecessarily convoluted that the narrator staged a thirty-page explanation scene at the end, in which all characters were gathered together in one house to hear how the murders had actually unfolded. As if this trite scene needed explanation, the narrator actually writes, "It was like a classic scene from an old mystery novel..." Ridiculous. No wonder this book has been sitting on my shelf for 15+ years.

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: the man's fatal crash seemed accidental enough, thought undertaker and amateur sleuth Bill Hawley. But there's a fake suicide tape.