Janice J Richardson: 6 books

Funeral homes are supposed to be quiet... Jennifer Spencer inherits her uncle's funeral home. Her move to the Niagara Region into the apartment above the Home went well, but in the first week. someone breaks into the funeral home. Then, Jennifer finds cash in a casket, a lot of cash. Certain...

What does a funeral director do with their day?  Why would one want to go into funeral service?  Find out what, why and much more in this entertaining memoir from a funeral director who loved her job.

Mistakes have consequences. When a tornado wreaks havoc at a cemetery just before a burial, funeral director Jennifer realized she forgot to check the weather report.  First mistake. An interior designer, who was contracted to renovate the funeral home, is murdered.  Jennifer tries...

Not all mysteries involve murder... Funeral Director Jennifer Spencer's walk along the Niagara Parkway on a rainy, cold day leads her to Winter, a distraught young woman who isn't speaking. Travis, the temporary director hired when Uncle Bill passed, is still out for revenge.  That...

First call. In a funeral home, it means a death has occurred and it is the family's first contact with the funeral director. Public health officials call regional funeral directors together for a meeting. An influenza pandemic is sweeping the country. Funeral director Jennifer Spencer is appointed...

The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.   The...