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The Corpse Road
In the remote northern Pennines, where ancient paths once carried the dead to their final resting places, a modern evil is stirring.
When DCI Ted Page discovers the fourth victim in a string of brutal murders isn't a prostitute like the others, but respected crime journalist Angela Jones, he knows he's hunting a different kind of predator — one with deadly intelligence.
The trail leads from London's underbelly to the ancient paths of the northern Pennines, where the locals speak of the Corpse Road — a route once used to carry the dead to burial grounds.
As Page uncovers Angela's secrets — a failed marriage, missing money, and connections to a mysterious spiritual commune at Whelp Castle — the ancient fells harbour their own darkness. Who is the enigmatic Pilgrim? What do mysterious surveyor posts on the high moors signify?
With another victim in the killer's sights and the merciless helm wind descending upon the Pennines, DCI Page must decipher the connection between a London murderer and the savage beauty of the fells before the Corpse Road claims its next sacrifice.
Some secrets are worth killing for. Some landscapes never forget.
When DCI Ted Page discovers the fourth victim in a string of brutal murders isn't a prostitute like the others, but respected crime journalist Angela Jones, he knows he's hunting a different kind of predator — one with deadly intelligence.
The trail leads from London's underbelly to the ancient paths of the northern Pennines, where the locals speak of the Corpse Road — a route once used to carry the dead to burial grounds.
As Page uncovers Angela's secrets — a failed marriage, missing money, and connections to a mysterious spiritual commune at Whelp Castle — the ancient fells harbour their own darkness. Who is the enigmatic Pilgrim? What do mysterious surveyor posts on the high moors signify?
With another victim in the killer's sights and the merciless helm wind descending upon the Pennines, DCI Page must decipher the connection between a London murderer and the savage beauty of the fells before the Corpse Road claims its next sacrifice.
Some secrets are worth killing for. Some landscapes never forget.
225 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 1996
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Gwen Moffat
53 books17 followersGwen Moffat’s main interests are wilderness areas and the genesis of murder, and all her books have featured one or the other. Moffat has writtenboth travel books and novels.
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March 28, 2023
Ah, see I thought it was time for one of those old-fashioned old-timey mysteries Lume Press likes to put out but then I read this one and I was like, no. Mind you, sometimes some of these books are genuinely fun but seldom and few and far in between.
Most of them are tediously dated and overwritten. Like this one.
Despite the deliciously ominous title, despite the atmospheric Northern setting, despite even featuring something like a cult, this mystery ends up being nothing more than a very slow muddled murder investigation so dense is style that it overwhelms the plot.
Is that why mine is the first review this book gets with words in it? Either way, read quickly enough but didn’t do much and is already fading from the memory. Buh-bye, book.
Most of them are tediously dated and overwritten. Like this one.
Despite the deliciously ominous title, despite the atmospheric Northern setting, despite even featuring something like a cult, this mystery ends up being nothing more than a very slow muddled murder investigation so dense is style that it overwhelms the plot.
Is that why mine is the first review this book gets with words in it? Either way, read quickly enough but didn’t do much and is already fading from the memory. Buh-bye, book.
August 10, 2025
So many possibilities so few executed. The begining was far too tedious and even when the murders came in there wasn't enough momentum to keep the book going. Given the start there was clearly at least one murder in that area or that it had become an area for disposing of bodies. Cynthia being a murderer well as she was never mentioned it was as unlikley a suspect as any I suppose.
May 14, 2025
Interesting and intriguing . Main plot was deftly handled with engaging police duo. But the description of the terrain and the terrible weather was stunning and integral to the main narrative.
I very much enjoyed this book . My head is still on The Corpse Road!
I very much enjoyed this book . My head is still on The Corpse Road!
May 7, 2025
Found it confusing with too many characters and name changes, hard to keep up with the storyline.
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