Book info

• Title Longstone
• Author L. J. Ross
• Year 2018
• Genre Mystery

Viking treasure is discovered beneath the icy waters of the North Sea and local historian Doctor Anna Taylor is called in to help catalogue the most exciting hoard in living memory. But when a shipwreck diver washes up dead, she’s soon out of her depth. Luckily, she knows just the person to call... When DCI Ryan arrives at the picturesque fishing town of Seahouses, he's faced with an impenetrable wall of secrets and lies. As he juggles marine archaeology and the cutthroat world of shipwreck diving, another murder blows the case wide open. To uncover the truth, Ryan must delve deeper into the hearts of those around him to find what lies beneath...

Thoughts

It’s been a little while since I read one of these, having been focused on other series, but it was nice to return to the characters and their little corner of the country. A decades long mystery is being unravelled, which was an interesting one to follow as the clues started unravelling - I didn’t guess the two big twists at the end! And meanwhile, our detectives are happily loved up but unless I am very much mistaken, we’ve got the very beginnings of some potential drama coming soon. Which means I’m just going to have to read the next one!

Rating: 3 / 5