Download or read book Daddy's Dead written by P. gillett and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Standish is a distinguished retired journalist and political commentator, who has become a pillar of the establishment. When he dies of a heart attack in a Devon lane, none of his family knows why he was there. They descend on the nearest town to discover what happened. His daughter Marianne is consumed by religion and concerned that her father has a proper burial. Her brother Curtis is a photographer and uses the visit as an opportunity for a photo shoot. He takes a more jaundiced view of his father. Curtis's grandmother Mrs Somerset-Cunliffe insists that the body is not that of her son, but because she is losing touch with reality, nobody takes much notice. She is determined to investigate and enlists a reluctant Marianne to help. Even Curtis becomes curious when two strangers seem intent on befriending the family. It is left to Willie's widow Celia to keep her disparate family together, though this proves increasingly difficult.