A searing July heatwave. Four bodies.
Durham Miners’ Gala suffers a bizarre disruption, and several high value artefacts are stolen.
When corpses begin turning up in abandoned County Durham coal mines, police detective Tony Milburn is pulled into a chilling mystery. All four dead within four days but can St Cuthbert’s ancient curse really be the cause?
Miles Hudson loves words and ideas.
He’s a physics teacher, surfer, author, hockey player, inventor, back packer and idler.
Born in Minneapolis, he has lived in Durham, North East England, for more than 35 years.
My thoughts: When two bodies are found in an old mine shaft, one a recent death, the other older, at first the police are puzzled, but when it happens again, in another mine shaft, it looks rather more sinister. Then there are the frogs, the fire, and thefts of artworks. Something much bigger is going on this summer, and what does it have to do with the missing treasures of St Cuthbert’s?
A clever and complex case emerges, who is behind the crime spree and are the deaths of the supposed treasure hunters connected? With the police spread thin investigating and attempting to safeguard the public, the annual miners’ gala taking over the town, it’s a hot, sweaty summer of chaos.
A really interesting, enjoyable crime novel, full of mystery and intrigue and a spate of terrible crimes that will keep both reader and characters guessing.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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Thanks for the blog tour support x
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