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The Charlestown Murders
(2025)(The fourth book in the DI Ryder Murder Mystery series)
A novel by Jack Christie
A town blanketed in snow. A killer cloaked in legacy.
Seventeen years ago, a catastrophic clay mine disaster shattered a Cornish community and sent one man to prison. Now, that man is dying of silicosis, released early to live out his final days in a hospice.
When a body is found burned in a pottery kiln on Christmas Eve, DI Ryder and DC Ellie Tozer are called in — and it soon becomes clear that this is no accident. The killer’s method mirrors one of the deaths from the mining tragedy. And it's just the beginning.
As more victims fall — choked by dust, drowned, or buried — Ryder begins to suspect that someone is reenacting the past, targeting the families of those blamed for the disaster. But with the convicted man bedbound and nearing death, who’s really pulling the strings?
With a blizzard closing in, and Ellie herself marked for murder, the investigation leads to a remote farm cut off by snow. As the New Year approaches, so does a final, deadly reckoning.
Can Ryder stop a killer devoted to revenge before the past claims yet more lives?
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A gripping, atmospheric thriller. The Cornish setting is perfect, and the twists kept me guessing until the very end.’
Genre: Mystery
Seventeen years ago, a catastrophic clay mine disaster shattered a Cornish community and sent one man to prison. Now, that man is dying of silicosis, released early to live out his final days in a hospice.
When a body is found burned in a pottery kiln on Christmas Eve, DI Ryder and DC Ellie Tozer are called in — and it soon becomes clear that this is no accident. The killer’s method mirrors one of the deaths from the mining tragedy. And it's just the beginning.
As more victims fall — choked by dust, drowned, or buried — Ryder begins to suspect that someone is reenacting the past, targeting the families of those blamed for the disaster. But with the convicted man bedbound and nearing death, who’s really pulling the strings?
With a blizzard closing in, and Ellie herself marked for murder, the investigation leads to a remote farm cut off by snow. As the New Year approaches, so does a final, deadly reckoning.
Can Ryder stop a killer devoted to revenge before the past claims yet more lives?
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A gripping, atmospheric thriller. The Cornish setting is perfect, and the twists kept me guessing until the very end.’
Genre: Mystery
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