title: Dead and Buried: A Funerals and Obituaries Mystery (Funerals and Obituaries Mysteries) (Volume 1)
author:  Jennifer Rebecca 
description: Jennifer is a thirty something lover of words, all words: the written, the spoken, the sung (even poorly), the sweet, the funny, and even the four letter variety. She is a native of San Diego, California where she grew up reading the Brownings and Rebecca with her mother and Clifford and the Dog who Glowed in the Dark with her dad, much to her mothers dismay. Jennifer is a graduate of California State University San Marcos where she studied Criminology and Justice Studies. She is also a member of Alpha Xi Delta. 10 years ago, she was swept off her feet by her very own sailor. Today, they are happily married and the parents of an 8 year old and 7 year old twins. She lives in East Texas where she can often be found on the soccer fields, drawing with her children, or reading. Jennifer is convinced that if she puts her fitbit on one of the dogs, she might finally make her step goals. She loves a great romance, an alpha hero, and lots and lots of laughter.
zlib_text: ### _The Ursula Blanchard Mysteries from Fiona Buckley_
  
  
  THE ROBSART MYSTERY
  
  
  THE DOUBLET AFFAIR
  
  
  QUEEN’S RANSOM
  
  
  TO RUIN A QUEEN
  
  
  QUEEN OF AMBITION
  
  
  A PAWN FOR THE QUEEN
  
  
  THE FUGITIVE QUEEN
  
  
  THE SIREN QUEEN
  
  
  QUEEN WITHOUT A CROWN *
  
  
  QUEEN’S BOUNTY *
  
  
  A RESCUE FOR A QUEEN *
  
  
  
  
  
  _* available from Severn House_
  
  
  
  
  
  ## ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  ### The Straight and Empty Road
  
  
  The funeral was over. Hugh Stannard, my dear husband, to whom I had been
  married for six of the happiest years of my life, had been buried in the
  graveyard of Hawkswood parish church. It was early in February, 1571, and the
  day was as raw as February usually is. Mercifully it wasn’t raining, but it
  had rained for several days beforehand, and the grave was a muddy wound in the
  grass of the churchyard. To see Hugh’s coffin lowered into that, had been a
  horror to me.
  
  
  I wanted to cry out loud but I didn’t because I shouldn’t, really, have been
  there. It isn’t customary for bereaved spouses to attend the burials of their
  