The Rock: A DCI Ryan Mystery (The DCI Ryan Mysteries Book 18)

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The author studied at King’s College London, eventually graduating with degrees in Law and spending several years practicing as an attorney in the city. Ross used her husband’s name when she was creating her pseudonym, the idea being to honor him for all the support he had provided her during her pursuit of a publishing career.

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In the depths of Kielder Forest, a murderer has escaped justice before and will do anything to protect the secrets of the past.

While such abilities tend to set the heroes of most crime fiction series apart, the fact that Ryan is sometimes presented as just another Detective Chief Inspector who just happens to work really hard once he catches the scent of a case allows the DCI Ryan series to stand out.

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They’re in a boat shipwrecked during a terrible storm, resulting in the death of one woman who washes up on the beach, alerting DCI Ryan and his team to their plight. The series begins with him being the only member of an elite criminal profiling unit to escape from a storm of scandal and mismanagement.Nonetheless, given that he is a homicide detective, he also deals with demons from past cases that often haunt his days.

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Murder and mystery combine with a sprinkling of romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit. But soon, more than his career is at stake when prominent members of the mysterious Circle begin to die. After visiting Lindisfarne, the author was so thoroughly impressed by the atmosphere of the Island that she couldn’t believe no one had written a crime thriller set on the location. Our hero and his team, DCI Ryan and co, get on the case and the story gradually unfolds with all sorts of twists and turns that we have come to expect from LJ Ross. Then, in the early hours of the summer solstice, there is the discovery of a young woman’s skeleton inside the Roman Wall at Sycamore Gap.However, Ross has said that following the festival she will make the short story more widely available to all readers. Meanwhile, back at Northumbria CID, an old foe has taken the helm as Superintendent and is determined to destroy Ryan at any cost.