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Bones of Callaley: A Ryan Jarrod Tyneside Crime Mystery
Some things are best left buried. Some things are too close to home. Some things are both.
Secrets lurk behind the closed doors of a quiet residential neighbourhood. The discovery of human remains in a garden blows those doors wide open, exposing terrible secrets hidden by the community.
Investigating officer DS Ryan Jarrod is rocked to the core when he learns one of the revelations involves his own past - and it's one which causes Jarrod to question everything he thought he knew about himself.
As neighbours firstly close ranks, then turn against one another, Ryan is left to solve the mystery armed with nothing more than local gossip. The longer the answers evade him, the more DS Jarrod fears he is the one avoiding an unpalatable truth.
'More twists and turns than a moorland drive, more red herrings than a Moscovite fishmonger.'
Think of Ann Cleeves or LJ Ross with the gritty, urban twist of Ian Rankin and Peter James - that's the Ryan Jarrod explosive crime fiction in the mould of traditional dark thrillers.
What people are saying about the Ryan Jarrod
'Narrative so rich you can smell the Tyne’
'Crying out to be a TV series or motion picture!'
‘The pace of James Patterson'
'A Geordie Rebus’
'Felt every pain and anguish. Story line excellent and what an ending'
'Wow! Colin Youngman you've done it again! You've penned another blinder of a novel'
'A real page-turner'
'Excellent twists and turns. More Ryan Jarrod, please'
'A rollicking, edge-of-the-seat read.'
The Ryan Jarrod novels are standalone stories though are best enjoyed when read in sequential order.
Investigating officer DS Ryan Jarrod is rocked to the core when he learns one of the revelations involves his own past - and it's one which causes Jarrod to question everything he thought he knew about himself.
As neighbours firstly close ranks, then turn against one another, Ryan is left to solve the mystery armed with nothing more than local gossip. The longer the answers evade him, the more DS Jarrod fears he is the one avoiding an unpalatable truth.
'More twists and turns than a moorland drive, more red herrings than a Moscovite fishmonger.'
Think of Ann Cleeves or LJ Ross with the gritty, urban twist of Ian Rankin and Peter James - that's the Ryan Jarrod explosive crime fiction in the mould of traditional dark thrillers.
What people are saying about the Ryan Jarrod
'Narrative so rich you can smell the Tyne’
'Crying out to be a TV series or motion picture!'
‘The pace of James Patterson'
'A Geordie Rebus’
'Felt every pain and anguish. Story line excellent and what an ending'
'Wow! Colin Youngman you've done it again! You've penned another blinder of a novel'
'A real page-turner'
'Excellent twists and turns. More Ryan Jarrod, please'
'A rollicking, edge-of-the-seat read.'
The Ryan Jarrod novels are standalone stories though are best enjoyed when read in sequential order.
241 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 18, 2023
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January 11, 2025
They keep getting better!
How can the story of a criminal investigation have so much emotion? This is Colin Youngman's best so far and it kept me guessing right to the end.
Now I'm going to order the next one - book 8!
How can the story of a criminal investigation have so much emotion? This is Colin Youngman's best so far and it kept me guessing right to the end.
Now I'm going to order the next one - book 8!
May 28, 2023
Another Cracker of a Read
5 x Star Entertainment .
Like living back on Tyneside ,with ah'l wor
local landmarks including the patter, what more could you ask for !!!
5 x Star Entertainment .
Like living back on Tyneside ,with ah'l wor
local landmarks including the patter, what more could you ask for !!!
November 7, 2025
lots of unnecessary north east references
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews