Lady’s Well is probably one of new favourites in the series with plenty of twists that had me hooked. Also, there were a few times where the author seemed to be complementing herself on her own humour, or deliberately setting up a joke only for it to be a bit crap.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Lot of focus is on Melanie Yates, who is struggling with the events of the previous books and there is lot of her internal dilema in this book, but it does not overpower the main story. Weirdly, Ross seemed more interested in mocking environmental activists and veganism, which seem to be less about the characters' opinions and more about Ross's own thoughts on these matters. The small village of Lady's Well has a spring which feeds the villagers their water, and it's found to have been corrupted with a red dye.

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She enjoys reading all manner of books, painting, travelling and spending time with family and friends. The environmentalism and fracking debates were interesting, but I would have liked these to have been more of a focus than the repeated worshipful paragraphs about Ryan. I can only assume all of those loose ends are part of the setup for the next book or two – at least I hope that is the case.The plot, the treatment of the characters, the style, the language have little in common with all the other books of the series.

So many phrases that just grated because yes, they do the job, but isn't there a fresher way to say them? The 20th in the sequence (I am a fan and have read them all) and if it was the premier league it’d be about 15th - safe from relegation but certainly no where near some if the excellent books in this series.I count down the days each and every time I know a new book in this series is coming out and this was not exception! Another thing I love is that this isn’t your stereo typical detective series, yes Ryan has his own demons to fight but both him and Frank are happily married which is something I don’t think I’ve rarely read in this genre and it really is a breath of fresh air. My heart went out to Melanie Yates and Jack Lowerson, both trusted and valued members of the team and so much baggage, will they get through this difficult time? LJ Ross is an internationally bestselling author, whose books have sold over 7 million copies worldwide.

With so many potential motives and countless opportunities, there's only one man who can help solve this particular mystery. Her eleventh novel, "The Infirmary", is a prequel story and is also available as a major Audible Originals audio-drama starring Tom Bateman, Kevin Whately, Bertie Carvel, Hermione Norris and Alun Armstrong. Royal Mail 24™ – the aim is to deliver your parcels the next working day upon handover in the United Kingdom. This is probably a matter of personal taste, but I disliked the constant references to Trump, Liz Truss, TikTok, influencers, etc. The brief sections on the Northumbrian landscape were really interesting - it's definitely an area of the world I'd want to find out more about.There were several long and very didactic paragraphs about (supposedly) the characters opinions on these topics. She needs to find herself again, and seeks help from an unlikely source, but she's given leave to deal with her feelings. To find out more about the many philanthropic ventures Louise has founded and sponsored through her publishing imprint, Dark Skies Publishing, please visit ‘Philanthropy’. After the discovery of the dead man, Ryan and Frank arrive, find the local police in disarray, and they feel the wrath of Ryan's tongue.