Book info

• Title Cragside
• Author L. J. Ross
• Year 2017
• Genre Mystery

After his climactic battle with notorious serial killer The Hacker, DCI Ryan is spending the summer with his fiancée within the grounds of Cragside, a spectacular Bavarian-style mansion surrounded by acres of woodland. When they are invited to attend the staff summer party – a Victorian murder mystery evening – it’s all a joke until the lights go out and an elderly man is found dead. It looks like an unfortunate accident but, as the dead man’s life begins to unfold, Ryan and his team of detectives realise that all is not as it appears. When a second body is found, terror grips the close-knit community and Ryan must uncover the killer who walks among them, before they strike again...

Thoughts

The next adventure in the Ryan series and this one is very much about people coping and recovering from what had happened in the last book. They do start to do that, and investigate another murder mystery along the way - one of those that starts at an actual murder mystery party! This one didn’t feel quite as high paced as the previous few reads but when you’re as invested in the characters as I am now, it’s always fun to read.

Rating: 3 / 5