A Grave in the Cotswolds

This is the 8th in Rebecca Tope's "Cotswolds Mysteries" series; how could I resist when I am so enamored of the Cotswolds.  I did not realize until I looked at her web page that she was the ghost writer for the BBC series "Rosemary and Thyme" which I really liked.
Apparently both main characters, Thea Osborne, widowed house sitter, and Drew Slocombe, alternative burials undertaker, have appeared in previous books in this series. And there are several other series that I will sample...she's quite prolific.
Drew and his partner, Maggs, offer the dying or those left behind to bury them, the option of a more ecologically sustainable type of funeral. They aren't exactly doing a land office business, but they are getting by. Normally Drew and Maggs sell the interested party a plot on their own land, but in the central case here, the deceased was very clear that she wanted to be buried in a field near her home. There is a very small turnout for the funeral and Drew is ready to leave when one of the attendees proceeds to cite him for having an expired car tag and overly worn tires. The next day he is contacted by the police arriving at his door to say the Council of Broad Campden have taken issue with the burial, declaring it was performed on Council land and not on property owned by the deceased, Greta Simmonds. Drew drives back to the village where he has a very acrimonious discussion with a Council representative, who is shortly thereafter found murdered. Drew, of course, becomes the chief suspect. It is only due to the diligent snooping around and manipulation of Thea, who had been house sitting for the deceased Greta, that Drew does not end up in jail.
Nice small village atmospheric details, including the gossipy and rancorous relations that can result in such communities. English cozy material. I have been to both Chipping Campden and Moreton-in-Marsh, which are mentioned in the book...so that's fun!