[Working Title] Halloween Dead
A crime novel set at Halloween in old Durham, England.
On the DLI memorial cross outside Durham Cathedral on a cold Halloween afternoon hangs a body dripping blood. That body has a mangled face…
Detective Chief Inspector Daw appears to take charge of the investigation.
Corpses have been scattered around Durham in places pictured above associated with quietness and beauty. Yet just as Durham has an ancient history of blood, so does this new killer.
As Daw interviews family of the murdered and suspicious acting members of the clergy accusations of Satanism arise and hints that wealth has played a part. Yet nothing is clear cut. If he is going to catch the killer before they strike again he is going to need proof. Evidence, evidence, all is evidence. Giving up his life for his wife who is a gifted professor of music and his children he struggles to solve a series of gruesome murders.
This manuscript is currently undergoing a radical rewrite to change/improve plot lines and style.