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The Boscastle Murders
(2026)(The fifth book in the DI Ryder Murder Mystery series)
A novel by Jack Christie
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another winner. Very atmospheric ''' it makes you want to visit Cornwall.
History repeats itself when Boscastle floods again — and this time, DI Ryder is at the centre of the storm.
When sudden floods tear through the steep-sided Cornish valley, the village is plunged back into chaos. Streets vanish beneath fast-rising water, homes are cut off, and Boscastle is sealed from the outside world. Ryder and DS Ellie Tozer are thrown into a desperate overnight rescue operation, coordinating helicopters, RNLI crews and exhausted officers as residents are hauled from rooftops and balconies.
As the storm finally begins to ease, the village holds its breath. Against all expectations, the numbers bring rare relief. No fatalities. No missing persons. For a few precious hours, it seems Boscastle has escaped tragedy once again — just devastation, shock and exhaustion.
Until a Porsche is found submerged beneath the floodwater with a body inside.
At first glance, it looks like the storm’s only victim. But Ryder knows accidents — and this isn’t one of them. Even battered by the flood and stretched thin, his instincts tell him the truth is being buried along with the debris. The storm didn’t kill this man. Someone else did — and they may have used the disaster as cover.
With roads washed out, communications faltering and evidence being stripped away by mud and water, Ryder is forced to investigate a murder while the landscape itself works against him. Cut off by rising water and with another surge forecast, he must uncover the truth before the killer uses the chaos to strike again.
Genre: Mystery
History repeats itself when Boscastle floods again — and this time, DI Ryder is at the centre of the storm.
When sudden floods tear through the steep-sided Cornish valley, the village is plunged back into chaos. Streets vanish beneath fast-rising water, homes are cut off, and Boscastle is sealed from the outside world. Ryder and DS Ellie Tozer are thrown into a desperate overnight rescue operation, coordinating helicopters, RNLI crews and exhausted officers as residents are hauled from rooftops and balconies.
As the storm finally begins to ease, the village holds its breath. Against all expectations, the numbers bring rare relief. No fatalities. No missing persons. For a few precious hours, it seems Boscastle has escaped tragedy once again — just devastation, shock and exhaustion.
Until a Porsche is found submerged beneath the floodwater with a body inside.
At first glance, it looks like the storm’s only victim. But Ryder knows accidents — and this isn’t one of them. Even battered by the flood and stretched thin, his instincts tell him the truth is being buried along with the debris. The storm didn’t kill this man. Someone else did — and they may have used the disaster as cover.
With roads washed out, communications faltering and evidence being stripped away by mud and water, Ryder is forced to investigate a murder while the landscape itself works against him. Cut off by rising water and with another surge forecast, he must uncover the truth before the killer uses the chaos to strike again.
Genre: Mystery
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