Inspector Ramsay – serie

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againKilljoy is the fourth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland, Vera Stanhope and Two Rivers crime series.The youth theatre cast are in their places, but Gus Lynch’s female lead, Gabriella, is missing. That is, until she’s found in the boot of his car.Inspector Stephen Ramsay and Sergeant Gordon Hunter are assigned to head the murder enquiry. Meanwhile violence is escalating on the Starling Farm Estate, as police battle to contain the latest outbreak of joyriding. Inspector Ramsay suspects the death of Gabriella may be connected to the events at Starling Farm. But Sergeant Hunter insists otherwise, and tempers run high.When another death occurs, a possible link between them is uncovered. Yet what could have provoked someone to kill . . . and kill again?Praise for Ann Cleeves:‘Brilliant, thoughtful and deeply engaging’ – Sara Paretsky, New York Times bestselling author of the V. I. Warshawski series‘Stunning’ – David Baldacci, New York Times bestselling author of the Atlee Pine series

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againThe Healers is the fifth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland, Vera Stanhope and Two Rivers crime series.Isolated farmer Ernie Bowles is found lying on his kitchen floor, gruesomely strangled . . .News of the murder comes to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early on Monday morning and he fears this case will not be simple. In his experience, most murders are straightforward: an explosion of family pressure, or the loss of control in a fight. But Bowles kept to himself and had lived alone since his mother’s death. Then a seemingly unconnected women is found strangled, too. Surely two such killings in the same locality are more than just chilling coincidence?When Ramsay hears of a third suspicious death, a very tenuous link between the victims takes on a new importance, for all were connected in some way to the Alternative Therapy Centre in Mittingford. Could one of the healers be a killer?Praise for Ann Cleeves:‘The new Queen of Crime’ – Sunday Mirror‘One of the best natural writers of detective fiction’ – Daily Express