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The Penzance Murders
(2026)(The sixth book in the DI Ryder Murder Mystery series)
A novel by Jack Christie
DI Ryder was told to drop the case. He chose to dig deeper.
When a brutal murder rocks Cornwall’s criminal underworld, all the evidence points to one man — Tommy Clayton.
An old friend of DI Ryder’s from his London days… and a man Ryder is certain did not do it.
But with pressure mounting for a swift arrest, and a new DCI determined to impose his authority on the team, Ryder is pushed aside. Reassigned. Contained. Kept away from the case he believes is already heading in the wrong direction.
Instead, he and DS Ellie are sent to investigate what appears to be a routine complaint at an old people’s home — a box-ticking exercise designed to keep them out of the way.
But nothing in Cornwall is ever simple.
What begins as a minor inquiry soon unravels into something far more disturbing — a second thread of deaths that refuses to stay contained, and begins to overlap with the murder investigation Ryder has been ordered to abandon.
As pressure builds from above, and the boundaries between the two threads blur, Ryder must decide how far he is willing to go to protect a friend who may be innocent… and uncover a truth someone is determined to keep buried.
Because in Cornwall, even the quietest places have secrets.
And someone is prepared to kill to keep them.
Genre: Mystery
When a brutal murder rocks Cornwall’s criminal underworld, all the evidence points to one man — Tommy Clayton.
An old friend of DI Ryder’s from his London days… and a man Ryder is certain did not do it.
But with pressure mounting for a swift arrest, and a new DCI determined to impose his authority on the team, Ryder is pushed aside. Reassigned. Contained. Kept away from the case he believes is already heading in the wrong direction.
Instead, he and DS Ellie are sent to investigate what appears to be a routine complaint at an old people’s home — a box-ticking exercise designed to keep them out of the way.
But nothing in Cornwall is ever simple.
What begins as a minor inquiry soon unravels into something far more disturbing — a second thread of deaths that refuses to stay contained, and begins to overlap with the murder investigation Ryder has been ordered to abandon.
As pressure builds from above, and the boundaries between the two threads blur, Ryder must decide how far he is willing to go to protect a friend who may be innocent… and uncover a truth someone is determined to keep buried.
Because in Cornwall, even the quietest places have secrets.
And someone is prepared to kill to keep them.
Genre: Mystery
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