Shadow in the Corn

Jeffrey Flint #1

by Jason Foss

Vikki Corbett, a junior reporter for a provincial newspaper, joins forces with Dr. Jeffrey Flint, an irreverent archaeologist lecturer with an interest in alternative lifestyles, to investigate the disappearance of one of Flint's students.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Jason Foss alias Dr Jason Monaghan, uses his own archaeological background to bring to life the character of Jeffrey Flint.
Foss previously lived in York and has recently moved to Guernsey, his wife's native island, yet still commutes between the two. He has worked on excavations at home and abroad and more recently worked on a Roman shipwreck in St Peter Port harbour, Guernsey. He is a Roman pottery specialist and has published several academic papers and books on archaeology, pottery and military history.
Foss has written stories since he was a child and was a member of a local writers circle in York. It was from this area that his pen name originated as he crossed the river Foss each morning on his way to work.

Reviews

[Leilanie Stewart]

An enjoyable mix of occult rituals, a dash of archaeology and horror elements though not outright frightening. Jeffrey Flint was likeable enough, though I did think it took him quite a long time to work out what had happened to Lucy and the details of her death, which seemed to serve the plot rather than the characterisation befitting his job.

[Emer Bailey]

Darkness Fell

Jeffrey Flint
is a sexist, elitist
hypocrite.
Vikki is unbelievably naive .
Tyrone is unbelievable.
The story could have been a short one.

[Wayne's]

A little predicable.