Stone Tomb

Yorkshire Dales Mystery #9

by Susan Parry

The nuclear bunker at Tan Hill has remained closed for fifty years - or so Dr Mills Sanderson believes. She and Phil Freedman plan an archaeological investigation of the site but it quickly goes wrong as his PTSD worsens. Not far away, Shane Armstrong is setting a trap in the woods - to catch what? When Chris Webb is reported missing, DS Fuller assumes he has walked out on his partner. But it becomes a missing person investigation when she learns he is an animal welfare officer working undercover in Arkengarthdale. Where did he go and who is the man he saw with a gun the night before he disappeared?

273 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 31, 2018

About the author

I am the author of a series of crime novels set in the Yorkshire Dales, featuring Mills Sanderson a young woman trained as a forensic archaeologist. I fell in love with the Dales thirty years ago and enjoy researching the villages and fells for the books. Sense of place is an important aspect of my work. I am a university professor with experience of forensic analysis that informs my writing and I take my research for the books very seriously. There are currently eleven books in the series .

Reviews

[Karen Torkington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

I just really like all the twists and turns mixed in with great values as the characters evolve and mature.

[Helen Birkbeck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another absorbing mystery, this time involving wildlife crime - sadly a big problem in North Yorkshire - and difficult family relationships. Mills is still hopping between men, though her concern for former partner Phil is genuine. Nigel and Nina are some of the best characters but Hazel can be a bit annoying. It was easy to feel for Alf and, as so often in this type of book, it would have been good to learn what happened to his family. Once the murderer is charged, the book just ends suddenly.

The punctuation problem is less prevalent but there's still a bit of trouble with apostrophes and genitives!