I do love the camaraderie between all the characters in this series, especially Ryan and Frank Phillips.

The girl has apparently been killed during the Summer Solstice, which gives the case some connection to the occult.It's a scene which appears obvious to us as readers, and the fact that the warning signs are all there, but to a teenager pushing their own boundaries some fifteen years ago, the naivety assures a lack of awareness that can only result in tragedy. Another fine addition to the series, with the usual blend of humour, mystery, tension and romance that fans have come to love.

I would point out, to those reading the above blurb, that, although the DCI Ryan books are mainly set in Northumberland, some of his cases bring him as far south as Durham City and Teesdale.J. Ross, though she was still unsatisfied with her career that would not give her the flexibility she desired to have as a mother. DCI Ryan is the strong, silent type of character that always seems to have some woman chasing after him. When a cantankerous old woman dies at her home in the sleepy, picturesque village of Bamburgh, DCI Ryan doesn't think much of it-except, that is, for the small matter of it having been his wife who happened to find her body.

Then another body turns up amongst the sand dunes at the base of the mighty castle fortress, and he decides it can’t be. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Bamburgh, the latest book in the DCI Ryan series, brings to a close one of the outstanding mysteries from the books predecessor, The Rock - who killed Melanie Yates' sister. Sycamore Gap”, the second novel in the DCI Ryan series of novels is an excellent novel about the adventures of the handsome and troubled Detective Chief Inspector Ryan.A few days into his sabbatical, the tranquility is broken when the body of a young woman is discovered abandoned on the ruins of the nearby monastery buildings. With a passion for writing and reading, a writing career seemed the most plausible way to express her creativity. I believe L J Ross wrote this further down the line as people wanted the full story/background on DCI Ryan and the early history of the team.