Shropshire Star

Peter Rhodes on sudden deaths in thrillers, turning people into soil and a world with no secrets

WASHINGTON State looks like becoming the first state in the US to allow humans to be converted into compost (after death, naturally). One process of natural decomposition is claimed to turn a corpse into a cubic yard of topsoil in a month. The founder of the company behind this system, promising "healthy soil to heal the planet," is one Katrina Spade.