THE FELLS an absolutely gripping British crime thriller full of twists

'It's brilliant! Buy it!' Ann Cleeves
**Shortlisted for The People's Books Prize 2024/2025!**
Yorkshire Dales, Summer 1997. Vicky Mott slips out the door of her remote cottage, and into the pale dawn light. She scrawls a note for her friends.
Gone to see the sunrise. V xxx
That's the last anyone ever hears from twenty-year-old music lover Vicky.
Another victim of the Fellside Strangler?
That would make Vicky the fourth young woman to lose her life this summer. Snatched by a mysterious killer who stalks the fells . . .
But Vicky's body is never found.
2019. A skeleton is discovered in a twisty network of caves beneath the fells. Detectives Leo Donovan and Shan Young think they can finally give Vicky's mother the closure she so desperately wants. After twenty long years of questions and anguish.
But the deeper they dig into the past, the less certain they become.
And nothing can prepare them for the shocking truth . . .
Discover a brand-new British crime thriller from a bestselling author, perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Angela Marsons, J.R. Ellis, Val McDermid and Caro Ramsay.
WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT CATH STAINCLIFFE:
'A real knockout.' Ian Rankin
'One of the best police procedurals I've read this year.' Ann Cleeves
'A star in the firmament of British crime fiction.' Big Issue
'Mercilessly exciting.' Daily Telegraph
'Such a good writer.' The Times
'Powerful, complex and utterly gripping.' Sunday Mirror
'Ripped from the headlines and totally scary.' Irish Independent
'Real suspense.' The Guardian
'A swift, satisfying read.' City Life
¿¿¿¿¿ 'An absolutely cracking read, fast paced, absolutely believable, I loved this DCI and found myself rooting for her.' Pinkmouse
¿¿¿¿¿ 'Good characters and a tangled story.' Jack
THE DETECTIVES
Detective Leo Donovan is a veteran of the Yorkshire force. A true empath, he's happily married, but prone to low mood and bouts of arthritis. Compassion motivates him, and a need to see justice done in a flawed world that is seldom fair. Leo's wayward son drives him to distraction, but working with his partner Shan is a breath of fresh air.
Detective Shan Young is a rising star of Leo's team. She lands her first case as detective while pregnant. Not that she's fazed by it. A salt-of-the-earth Yorkshire lass with Chinese heritage, she often feels caught between two cultures - something which makes her appreciate Leo all the more, as a mentor and a friend.
THE SETTING
Welcome to the Yorkshire Dales, an untamed landscape of fells and valleys, waterfalls and ruined barns, deep, dark caves and windswept limestone pavements. Farming and mining have shaped these remote hills over the centuries. But what secrets lie buried beneath the spectacularly beautiful surface?