Dead Again — Raymond Austin

Second in the Beauford Sloan Mystery series. PI Beauford Sloan is back, and in this second mystery he is sent from his home in Virginia to the United Kingdom by the Lester Hancock Insurance Company where two have died. The first, a man insured by Lester Hancock to the tune of $20,000,000. The second, a Lester Hancock insurance investigator attempting to decide if the man's death was accidental, or murder. PI Beauford Sloan, who as readers know resembles actor Wilford Brimley, has but days to solve the mystery or the insurance company must pay.