The Hunter becomes the Hunted . . .

When a man is found dead at the remote church of Heavenfield, DCI Ryan is the only other person for miles around. The police have no weapon, no motive, and no other suspects.

Already suspended from Northumbria CID, Ryan must fight to clear his name. But soon, more than his career is at stake when prominent members of the mysterious 'Circle' begin to die. Somebody wants Ryan's name to be next on the coroner's list and to survive he must unmask the devil who walks among them -- before it is too late.

Unfortunately for Ryan, the devil looks just like everybody else . . .

Murder and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit from LJ Ross, set amidst the spectacular Northumbrian landscape.


I grew up in the North East and stumbled across this series of books by accident. I was intrigued by the first book Holy Island with murders on Lindisfarne, and at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall.

Like the first two, Heavenfield contains dogged policemen and women solving an unrealistic number of murders and is a page turner as a result, but the whole backstory about the "Circle" of pagans or satanists is just too far fetched so I'm still in two minds . . .

given to someone going to Stockholm