Wonderfully engaging, Julia Chapman's latest Dales mystery is perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club series and Janice Hallett's The Appeal.
A psychologist finds herself drawn into the dark world of a serial killer who may be closer than she thinks, in a brilliant debut selected for Harrogate Crime Festival's New Blood panel by Val McDermid.
Death has come twice to Ravenbank, a remote community in England's Lake District, each time on Hallowe'en. Daniel Kind, a specialist in the history of murder, becomes fascinated by the old cases, and wonders whether the obvious suspects really did commit the crimes.
Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Two Rivers series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the tenth in the acclaimed Northumbrian set Vera Stanhope series, following on from The Darkest Evening, in which a school reunion turns deadly as the tide rises on Holy Island.