Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would
give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . .
Welcome to Stark Ghyll. A bleak ravine that cuts across the Yorkshire moors like a
scar. Folk call this place the Valley of Death. And it’s about to live up to its name.
A woman’s body is found, waist-deep in the treacherous murk. She’s barely cold,
but the crows have already taken her eyes.
One look at her ruined face, and Detective Mike Nash realizes: this woman’s death was no accident. It was murder.
The marsh has swallowed every trace of her killer. But not the victim’s identity.
A positive ID soon follows, but the victim’s name only leads to more questions.
Longstanding misper Vicky Lambert.
Mike’s been searching for Vicky for twenty long years.
Ever since the first time she was murdered …
Bill Kitson was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, a wool merchant, was a fan of crime books giving Bill access to his diverse thriller collection from a young age.
Educated at Ashville College, Bill worked in the family business before spending over thirty years as a bank executive. A keen cricketer and sportsman, the highlight of his career came when he umpired a one-day international at Lords.
He and his wife now live in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, where he writes crime,
romance, and general fiction. Bill’s interests include Cricket, Crime, Crete, Cookery, Cryptic crosswords – and also Alliteration.
My thoughts: I do enjoy this series, and this was a very good addition, with conspiracies and secrets to be found.
The discovery of human remains at an archaeological dig isn’t always one for the police, but these bodies are. The bones have bullet wounds, something the settlement’s ancient inhabitants wouldn’t have.
The DNA of one of the bodies leads the police to a missing person case from twenty years before. And then more bodies turn up – is there a connection between the first two and the more recent death of a woman who supposedly died two decades ago?
Mike and his team find lies, embezzlement, murder and a long lost love story as they hunt for answers.
There’s also a secondary case involving local drug dealers, Amazon deliveries and a connection to the murders that at first leads them astray.
It’s a cracking read and fiendish enough with long reaching roots, to satisfy any fan of conspiracies as well as murder.
*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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